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Will Lead Exposure In Youth Lead To Alzheimer's In Old Age?

Early exposure to environmental toxins can lead to diseases much later in life. This week, Wu et al. report that primates exposed to lead as infants showed Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-like pathology years later. From birth to 400 d of age, monkeys wer ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 1 2008 - 11:21pm - 0 attachments

APOE Gene Can Modify Your Risk For Alzheimer's Disease, Says Study

One of the hallmarks of the brain of an individual with Alzheimer disease is the accumulation of amyloid-beta peptide (A-beta), something that is believed to be toxic to many brain cells (specifically neurons) and to therefore contribute to the underlying ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2008 - 9:00pm - 0 attachments

New Antibiotic Against Serious Infections - Receives First Approval In Europe

... multiple myeloma, gastroenterological disorders, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, acute bipolar mania, behavioural ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 13 2008 - 2:30am - 0 attachments

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. Announces Positive Phase IIa Clinical Study Results For Convivia(TM) Program

... for digestive tract cancers, liver diseases, late-onset Alzheimer's disease and other serious health disorders. In addition to the ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 11 2008 - 10:30am - 0 attachments

The Physical Nature Of Memory

One of Salvador Dali’s greatest paintings is called “The Persistence of Memory”.   Last week the results of a new study were published in Science magazine that conclusively prove the physical nature of that persistence.   In what other scientists ...

Article - David Houle - Sep 7 2008 - 12:07pm - 0 attachments

RVX-208 Exploratory Study Illustrates Early Potential For Alzheimer's Disease

... trend on an important marker of cognitive function and Alzheimer's disease, Amyloid-beta40 is an important constituent of amyloid plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. The analysis of the plasma markers for Alzheimer's ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 10 2008 - 12:30pm - 0 attachments

Avineuro Announced Advancing Potent Small Molecule For Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease To Clinical Development

... of AVN-101, a potent small molecule for treatment of Alzheimer's disease. These studies demonstrate that AVN-101 is safe and well ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 3 2008 - 3:30am - 0 attachments

Shire's New Product Portfolio Delivers Strong Quarterly Performance

... treatment of mild to moderately severe dementia of the Alzheimer's type, continue to grow in most countries however the entry of ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 29 2008 - 8:32am - 0 attachments

Hope For Mild Alzheimer's Patients As House Of Lords Refuses To Hear NICE's Appeal

... medicines for newly diagnosed patients with mild Alzheimer's disease was procedurally unfair and that it put stakeholders at a ... it means that the patients and carers affected by mild Alzheimer's disease are potentially one step nearer to receiving proven and ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 29 2008 - 5:30am - 0 attachments

Neurogenesis Happens Throughout Life And New Neurons Improve Memory

The birth of new neurons (neurogenesis) does not end completely during development but continues throughout all life in two areas of the adult nervous system, i.e. subventricular zone and hippocampus. Recent research has shown that hippocampal neurogenesi ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2008 - 2:01am - 0 attachments