Science Wednesday : Hi reddit , we ’ re Hui - Chen Lu , Yousuf Ali , Hunter Allen and we found that people with the NMNAT 2 protein had greater resistance to cognitive decline

Hui-Chen, Yousuf, and Hunter: The need of biomarkers to detect at AD at an early age (hopefully, when disease progression can be slowed or stopped) is an obvious one. Currently a lot of scientific research is ongoing to identify AD biomarkers. The Alzheimer’s Association website (http://www.alz.org/research/science/alzheimers_prevention_and_risk.asp) has a good discussion on lifestyle changes and other approaches to decrease AD risk. Because of our preliminary finding that caffeine increases NMNAT2 levels and the epidemiological association between moderate caffeine intact and lower dementia risk, we are all drinking coffee and tea.