How to pronounce“shmoose”in English

If SHMOOSE turns out to be actively helping people’s brains hold off Alzheimer’s, that makes it a very interesting target for new treatments.

The gene codes for a microprotein called SHMOOSE that’s involved in energy metabolism in the brain.

The study found that higher levels of SHMOOSE in the cerebrospinal fluid correlate with some of the biological features of Alzheimer’s disease.

So the idea would be that if a person has mutated SHMOOSE, you could give them the lower risk version to treat symptoms of cognitive decline.

In the meantime, SHMOOSE represents a great opportunity to learn more about Alzheimer’s, as well as microproteins, how they work, and the role they play in diseases in general.

And they were able to use databases of brain scans of people with Alzheimer’s to determine that a mutation in the gene that codes for SHMOOSE