Ada Metaxas

Ada Metaxas

Jan 03, 2021

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100% Funded!

Hi everyone,

Thank you all so much for contributing to my research! Your combined contributions allowed me to reach my funding goal! Yay! I will now order my materials and will hopefully begin running trials within the next month. I will make sure to post updates here on how my research is going. Again thank you all so much for your support!

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  • Basil S Kasimis
    Basil S KasimisBacker
    Bravo Ada good luck
    Jan 03, 2021
  • James Liddell
    James LiddellBacker
    Congratulations Ada. I'm sooo happy for you, and for us as well. I'll be interested in hearing how your project progresses towards the success that I know that you will have.
    Jan 03, 2021

About This Project

Alzheimer's Disease, the 6th leading cause of US deaths, is characterized by amyloid-beta(Aβ) plaques and trace metal level imbalances. How this interaction occurs on the molecular level is currently unknown. Protein HSP-16.2 is known to interact individually with Cu,Zn,and Aβ, but their combined interaction has not yet been researched. I hypothesize that HSP-16.2 is involved in the binding of Aβ to Cu and Zn and increases in the levels of one trace metal cause increases in Aβ and other metals.

Blast off!

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