- Yeast Cells Can Cure Themselves Of Prions Associated With Alzheimer's
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... misfolding and clumping associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's, according to new research which contradicts the idea that once ... called amyloids, are associated with diseases including Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's. For yeast, having clumps of amyloid ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2014 - 5:32pm - 0 attachments
- Perceived Risk Of Disease Prompts Action
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... and 80%) and a disease: heart disease, colon cancer, or Alzheimer's disease. These are all common conditions that affect roughly ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2014 - 1:00pm - 0 attachments
- Golgi Apparatus In Cells Implicated In Alzheimer's Progression
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Alzheimer's disease progresses inside the brain as deposits of the toxic ... and loss of Golgi function is a driving force behind Alzheimer's. Yanzhuang Wang, Gunjan Joshi, and colleagues at the University ... a transgenic mouse and tissue culture models of Alzheimer's disease to look at what was going on. The unsurprising ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 5 2014 - 1:30pm - 0 attachments
- So How Do Drugs Work?
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have to warn everyone that there is going to be a little math at the start, but not much, only one easy equation that you need to have a sense of if you are going to understand what drugs that inhibit enzymes do. This equation is universal ...
Article - Ryan Walsh - Nov 29 2014 - 2:41pm - 0 attachments
- Christmas Party Good News: Drug Reduces Side-Effects Of ‘Binge Drinking’
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Good news for Christmas party season: A new compound has been shown to reduce the harmful side-effects of ‘binge drinking’. It also has the potential for new ways to treat Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases that damage the brain but showing that ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 28 2014 - 12:30pm - 0 attachments
- Coffee Lowers Risk Of Alzheimer's Up To 20 Percent
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... of coffee per day has been linked to protection against Alzheimer's Disease, according to a new review of studies. The number of ... an aging population, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease are of increasing concern. Alzheimer's Disease ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 27 2014 - 1:30pm - 0 attachments
- Is Total Recall Possible? Maybe
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... one may want to decrease certain brain activity and in Alzheimer's disease, we may want to enhance the activity. By manipulating ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 14 2014 - 10:03am - 0 attachments
- Vitamin B Doesn't Reduce Risk Of Memory Loss
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... levels of homocysteine have been linked to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease. Early observational studies claimed there may be some ... vitamins could also reduce the risk of memory loss and Alzheimer's disease." The study was supported by the Netherlands ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 6:30pm - 0 attachments
- Republicans Took Back Congress, Leading To Angst In Science Blogging
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... There are no tearful press conferences now about how Alzheimer's can't be cured because of Republicans, hESCs have been ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 7 2014 - 1:28am - 0 attachments
- Alzheimer's Costs Are About To Boom
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... generation, move into old age, the financial burden of Alzheimer's disease in the United States will skyrocket to $1.5 trillion from ... From 2010 to 2050, the number of individuals aged 70+ with Alzheimer's will increase by 153 percent, from 3.6 to 9.1 million. ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 10:50am - 0 attachments