Porofeseri Ralph Martins azwi nk’umuyobozi w’isi ku bushakashatsi ku ndwara ya Alzheimer. Kuva iyi ndwara yavumburwa mu 1906, imirimo mike y’ubushakashatsi yakozwe kugeza igihe Porofeseri Martins yifatanyije na Porofeseri Colin Masters n’itsinda ry’abahanga mu Budage. Bakoze ubushakashatsi bwa mbere bukomeye bwerekana ko beta amyloide proteine itwikira ubwonko ari ishingiro rya Alzheimer.
Iyimpuguke mu buzima bwo mu mutwe ibona isanga ejo hazaza, aho imiti nimpinduka zubuzima bizahinduka inzira zikomeye zo kubungabunga ubwonko nkuko cholesterol ibasha kurinda umutima.
Porofeseri Ralph Martins wo muri kaminuza ya Macquarie ayoboye ikigeragezo gishya gifasha mu gukumira indwara yo guta umutwe, ashakisha abakorerabushake 600.
Ibigeragezo byinshi byo guta umutwe birimo imiti ihagarika indwara.