Lisa Genova: What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's
Lisa Đenova (Lisa Genova): Kako sprečiti Alchajmerovu bolest
Through her fiction, Lisa Genova beckons us into the lives of people with neurological disease, making their worlds real and relatable. Full bio
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to be at least 80 years old?
bi volelo da doživi bar 80 godina?
this hopeful expectation
pogleda dve osobe.
Alzheimer's disease.
Alchajmerovu bolest.
"Well, it won't be me."
is likely to affect us all.
pogoditi svakog od nas.
stems from the sense
nastaje iz saznanja
have no disease-modifying treatment
još uvek ne postoji tretman,
to live long enough,
da poživimo dugo,
our brain's destiny.
našeg mozga.
change these statistics,
da promenimo statistiku,
or advancements in medicine?
ni na napredovanja u medicini?
what we currently understand
onoga što trenutno znamo
of two neurons connecting.
this space circled in red,
označeno crvenim krugom,
neurotransmitters are released.
where communication happens.
gde se odigrava komunikacija.
feel, see, hear, desire ...
čujemo, želimo...
is where Alzheimer's happens.
na koje utiče Alchajmer.
of what's going on.
onoga što se događa.
of communicating information,
like glutamate into the synapse,
u sinapsu, kao što je glutamin,
called amyloid beta.
koji se zove amiloid beta.
metabolized by microglia,
tako što ga metabolizuju mikroglije,
of Alzheimer's are still debated,
Alchajmera još uvek raspravlja,
that the disease begins
da se bolest aktivira
or not enough is cleared away,
ili se premalo ukloni,
to pile up with amyloid beta.
amiloid beta.
vezuju se jedan za drugog,
called amyloid plaques.
ili takozvane amiloidne naslage.
are 40 years old or older?
ima 40 godina ili više?
plaques accumulating,
koje se nagomilavaju,
would be through a PET scan,
ako se uradi PET snimak,
you are blissfully unaware.
in memory, language, or cognition ...
jezika ili razumevanja...
of amyloid plaque accumulation
godina nagomilavanja amiloidnih naslaga
symptoms of the disease.
simptoma bolesti.
might include things like,
stvari kao što su:
start freaking out again,
one of those in the last 24 hours --
jedna od ovih stvari u poslednja 24 časa,
to where you put your keys
language and cognition are different.
i razumevanju su drugačiji.
your keys in your coat pocket
u džepu kaputa,
accumulate to this tipping point?
nagomilaju do prelomne tačke?
become hyper-activated,
hiperaktivni,
inflammation and cellular damage.
upale i ćelijska oštećenja.
start clearing away
called "tau" becomes hyperphosphorylated
transportnog proteina „tau",
into something called "tangles,"
from the inside.
we have massive inflammation and tangles
dolazi do teških zapaljenja i čvorova,
trying to cure this disease,
da izleči ovu bolest,
want to intervene?
da intervenišete?
on the simplest solution:
na najjednostavnije rešenje:
from reaching that tipping point,
prelomne tačke,
focused on developing a compound
fokusirano na razvijanje jedinjenja
amyloid plaque accumulation.
gomilanje amiloidnih pločica.
a preventative medicine.
lek za Alchajmer.
before we reach that tipping point,
dođemo do prelomne tačke,
our keys in the refrigerator.
ključeve u frižideru.
these kinds of drugs have failed
danas nemaju dejstva
were already symptomatic.
već pokazivali simptome bolesti.
kao o zapaljenoj šibici.
sets fire to the forest.
šibica je zapalila šumu.
to blow out the match.
before the forest catches fire.
šumu zahvati plamen.
really good news for us,
can influence the accumulation
utiče na nagomilavanje
that tipping point.
of Alzheimer's as a see-saw scale.
rizik od Alchajmera na klackalici.
rizične faktore,
risk factors on one arm,
you are symptomatic
ispoljavate simptome,
some amyloid plaques with age.
amiloidne pločice.
from our moms and our dads.
and some will decrease it.
a neki ga umanjuju.
that cranks out amyloid beta,
koja ispušta mnogo amiloid bete,
your scale arm to the ground.
dotaći pod.
will only tip the arm a bit.
će je samo malo nagnuti.
that increases amyloid,
koja povećava amiloide,
from mom and dad
od majke i oca,
whether we get Alzheimer's.
oboleti od Alchajmera.
or the genes we've inherited.
starenja ili gena koje smo nasledili.
our brain's destiny.
našega mozga.
rinse cerebral spinal fluid
naše glijalne ćelije ispiraju naš mozak
that accumulated in our synapses
koji se nagomilao u našim sinapsama
a power cleanse for the brain.
kao čišćenje pod pritiskom.
yourself on sleep?
ako sami sebe zakidate na snu?
be a predictor of Alzheimer's.
nastajanja Alchajmera.
leads to an increase in amyloid beta.
do povećanja amiloida beta.
has been shown to disrupt sleep,
izaziva poremećaje spavanja,
more amyloid to accumulate.
još skupljanja amiloida.
this positive feedback loop
koja se nastavlja
the tipping of that scale.
obesity, smoking, high cholesterol,
gojaznost, pušenje, visok holesterol,
of developing Alzheimer's.
nastanka Alchajmera.
of people with Alzheimer's
in many studies to decrease amyloid beta
smanjuju amiloid beta
Mediterranean lifestyle and diet
sa zdravim srcem mogu pomoći
the tipping of this scale.
koje možemo da uradimo
nastanak Alchajmera.
the onset of Alzheimer's.
you haven't done any of them.
bilo šta od toga.
so you've likely inherited a gene or two
verovatno ste nasledili gen ili dva
at both ends for years;
već godinama;
someone's chasing you.
have reached that tipping point.
dostigle tu kritičnu tačku.
and cell death.
i umiranja ćelija.
finding words and keys
da pronađete reči i ključeve
at the beginning of this talk.
na početku ovog govora.
kako biste se zaštitili
to protect yourself
the symptoms of Alzheimer's,
pathology ablaze in your brain.
bolesti u svom mozgu.
and cognitive reserve.
i kognitivnim rezervama.
of having Alzheimer's
gubljenja sinapsi.
over a hundred trillion synapses,
sto triliona sinapsi,
sa čime možemo da radimo.
we've got a lot to work with.
called neural plasticity.
neuronska plastičnost.
new neural connections,
nove neuronske veze,
when the study began,
u vreme početka istraživanja,
physical checkups and cognitive tests,
i kognitivna ispitivanja
were all donated for autopsy.
donirani su za autopsiju.
discovered something surprising.
naučnici su otkrili nešto iznenađujuće.
and tangles and brain shrinkage --
i smanjenju mozga -
unquestionable Alzheimer's --
to these brains showed no signs
nisu pokazivale nikakve znakove toga
while they were alive.
had a high level of cognitive reserve,
imale velike kognitivne rezerve,
more functional synapses.
da su imale funkcionalnije sinapse.
of formal education,
formalnog obrazovanja,
in mentally stimulating activities,
koje stimulišu mentalno,
and a redundancy in neural connections.
like Alzheimer's
poput Alchajmera
od njihovih sinapsi,
that anything is amiss.
da se nešto loše dešava.
about a subject.
wrote "Still Alice,"
napisala "I dalje Alis",
you know about me.
and inflammation
"Hey, who wrote 'Still Alice?'"
"Hej, ko je napisao 'I dalje Alis?'",
is either failing or gone.
ili je nestala.
four things about me.
četiri stvari o meni.
are damaged or destroyed.
to detour the wreckage.
to the presence of Alzheimer's pathology
patologije Alchajmera
of yet-undamaged pathways.
koje još nisu oštećene.
this cognitive reserve,
te kognitivne rezerve,
to be as rich in meaning as possible,
budu što bogatije u značenju
and associations and emotion.
i asocijacije i emocije.
doing crossword puzzles.
information you've already learned,
za već naučenim informacijama
down old, familiar streets,
starim, poznatim ulicama,
someday diagnosed with Alzheimer's,
imate dijagnozu Alchajmera,
from my grandmother
od moje bake
living with this disease.
koji žive sa ovom bolešću.
you're dying tomorrow.
to understand love and joy.
what I said five minutes ago,
što sam rekla pre pet minuta,
naterala da se osećate.
you can remember.
čega možete da se prisetite.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lisa Genova - Neuroscientist, novelistThrough her fiction, Lisa Genova beckons us into the lives of people with neurological disease, making their worlds real and relatable.
Why you should listen
Lisa Genova wields her ability to tell a story and her knowledge of the human brain to talk about medical conditions like Alzheimer’s in warmly human terms. Her writing, often focusing on those who are misunderstood, explores the lives of people living with neurological diseases and disorders. A bestselling author, her work has been transformed into an Oscar-winning film, Still Alice, but the real triumph is Genova’s ability to help us empathize with a person’s journey we otherwise couldn’t even begin to understand.
Her newest book, Inside the O’Briens, is about Huntington’s disease.
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