Singapore, May 6 -- In a groundbreaking study published in Cell Research, researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have unveiled unexpected findings that could pave the way for novel therapeutic interventions in Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders.

While tracking the changes of metabolite quantity levels, researchers from the Immunology Translational Research Programme at NUS Medicine, led by Associate Professor Nguyen Nam Long, focused on unravelling the normal biological role of the protein Mfsd7c, mutations of which are linked to Fowler syndrome, a debilitating neurological disorder. Through meticulous experimentation utilising pre-clinical models and ...