{"id":815,"date":"2025-02-04T16:42:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/30\/cat-poo-parasite-could-cure-alzheimers\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:54","slug":"cat-poo-parasite-could-cure-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/cat-poo-parasite-could-cure-alzheimers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat poo parasite could cure Alzheimer&#039;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2024-07-30 15:03:26<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A parasite found in cat poo could treat both Alzheimer&#8217;s and Parkinson&#8217;s diseases.<BR><br \/>\nExperts have discovered that Toxoplasma gondii &#8211; which is commonly present in feline excretion &#8211; is capable of being successfully engineered to deliver proteins to the brains of mice.<BR><br \/>\nNeurological healthcare had previously been restricted by the difficulty of delivering targeted treatment to the right location inside neurons across the blood-brain barrier.<BR><br \/>\nScientists think that parasites could play a role in the delivery of therapeutic proteins to the brain once further research has been conducted.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Lilach Sheiner, one of the study&#8217;s leading authors at the University of Glasgow, said: &#8220;This is a blue-sky project where our collaborative team was thinking out of the box to try to tackle the long-standing medical challenge of finding a way to successfully deliver treatment to the brain for cognitive disorders.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;The concept is not without challenges, considering the dangers involved with Toxoplasma infection.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;For our work to become a treatment reality, it will require many more years of careful research and development to enhance efficiency and improve safety.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangpremier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Visit Bang Premier (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024-07-30 15:03:26 A parasite found in cat poo could treat both Alzheimer&#8217;s and Parkinson&#8217;s diseases. Experts have discovered that Toxoplasma gondii &#8211; which is commonly present in feline excretion &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions\/817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}