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New method delivers Alzheimer's drug to the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists have developed a new method for delivering complex drugs directly to the brain, a necessary step for treating diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Silk moth's antenna inspires new nanotech tool with applications in Alzheimer's research
By mimicking the structure of the silk moth's antenna, University of Michigan researchers led the development of a better nanopore---a tiny tunnel-shaped tool that could advance understanding of a class of ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Gene therapy prevents memory problems in mice with Alzheimer's disease
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) in San Francisco have discovered a new strategy to prevent memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Humans with AD and mice genetically ...
Nov 28, 2010 |
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Researchers test sugary solution to Alzheimer’s
(Medical Xpress) -- Slowing or preventing the development of Alzheimer’s disease, a fatal brain condition expected to hit one in 85 people globally by 2050, may be as simple as ensuring a brain protein’s sugar levels ...
Feb 26, 2012 |
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How cells dispose of their waste
German researchers reveal the structure of cellular protein degradation machinery.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Scientists expand knowledge of cell process involved in many diseases
As part of a joint research effort with the University of Michigan, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time defined the structure of one of the cell's most basic engines, ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Study suggests another avenue for detecting Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have determined that a well-known chemical process called acetylation has a previously unrecognized association with one of the biological processes ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 01, 2011 |
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New aging cause revealed by test tube
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists from The Australian National University have discovered a new way that ageing-related diseases can progress, opening up new preventative and treatment possibilities for conditions ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Scientists ID possible biomarker to gauge Alzheimer's prognosis, effect of therapies
UCLA researchers have identified a new biomarker that could help them track how effectively the immune system is able to clear the brain of amyloid beta, which forms the plaques considered one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Molecule that spurs cell's recycling center may help Alzheimer's patients
Cells, which employ a process called autophagy to clean up and reuse protein debris leftover from biological processes, were the original recyclers. A team of scientists from Paul Greengard's Rockefeller University laboratory ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Finding shows potential way to protect neurons in Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, ALS
Cell biologists pondering the death of neurons -- brain cells -- said today that by eliminating one ingredient from the cellular machinery, they prolonged the life of neurons stressed by a pesticide chemical. ...
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Boosting protein garbage disposal in brain cells protects mice from Alzheimer's disease
Gene therapy that boosts the ability of brain cells to gobble up toxic proteins prevents development of Alzheimer's disease in mice that are predestined to develop it, report researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Study points to liver, not brain, as origin of Alzheimer's plaques
Unexpected results from a Scripps Research Institute and ModGene, LLC study could completely alter scientists' ideas about Alzheimer's disease—pointing to the liver instead of the brain as the source of the "amyloid" ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2011 |
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More evidence that Alzheimer's disease may be inherited from your mother
Results from a new study contribute to growing evidence that if one of your parents has Alzheimer's disease, the chances of inheriting it from your mother are higher than from your father. The study is published in the March ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Good diets fight bad Alzheimer's genes
Scientists today agree that there are five molecules that are known to affect or cause Alzheimer's disease, which plagues an estimated five million Americans. The potency of these molecules is linked to environmental factors ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 15, 2011 |
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