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'Organic' Electronics: Self-Assembling Wires May Mimic Human Tissue

... which are the protein deposits often associated with Alzheimer's disease, as a model for their new material. This raises another ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 23 2008 - 12:52pm - 0 attachments

Is this really why we sequenced the human genome?

... starting to ask, so where are those cures based on knowing Alzheimer's gene variants? The human genome sequence has been amazingly useful ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 22 2008 - 10:34pm - 0 attachments

New Pharmaceutical Company To Target Alzheimer's Disease

... for the identification of novel treatments for Alzheimer's disease. Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., led by Chief Executive ... main culprits in degeneration of neurons in the brains of Alzheimer's disease sufferers. In addition, Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 21 2008 - 3:31pm - 0 attachments

Cellular Glitch May Be A Clue In Parkinson's Disease

A glitch in the mechanism by which cells recycle damaged components may trigger Parkinson’s disease, according to a study by scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The research appears in The Journal of Clinical Inv ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2008 - 3:16pm - 0 attachments

Myelin And Middle Age - Brainwise, We All Start Slowing Down At 40

... including the onset of such age-driven disorders as Alzheimer's disease. There is, however, some good news, according to ... delay age-driven degenerative brain disorders such as Alzheimer's," he said. "Non-invasive, serial evaluations of myelin integrity ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 18 2008 - 1:24am - 1 attachment

Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant From Merck Serono To Research Projects On Cognitive Deficits In Parkinson's Di

... the protein beta amyloid - better known for its role in Alzheimer's disease - in PD-related cognitive changes. Dr. Growdon will enroll ... Pittsburgh compound B (PIB), an imaging agent developed by Alzheimer's researchers to visualize amyloid protein accumulation in the living ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 14 2008 - 3:30am - 0 attachments

2008 Nobel Prize In Chemistry Goes To Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie And Roger Y. Tsien For 'Glowing Proteins'

... cells with the help of GFP: nerve cell damage during Alzheimer's disease or how insulin-producing beta cells are created in the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2008 - 1:30pm - 0 attachments

Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Grants To Top Tier Global Pharmaceutical Company An Option To License Certain Alzheimer's Patents

... therapeutic agents for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD), announced today that it has entered into an Option ... related to antibodies and methods of treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Intellect is entitled to an option fee upon execution ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 8 2008 - 5:30am - 0 attachments

Beta-catenin May Be 'Hub' For Fear In Mammals

... as new therapies to treating disorders of memory, such as Alzheimer's disease. Besides lithium, no drugs that target beta-catenin are ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2008 - 1:34pm - 0 attachments

Alzheimer's Foundation Of America Encourages Global Action On Awareness-Raising

... United Nations General Assembly convenes this week, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) is encouraging foreign leaders to ... to advance a dialogue about minimizing the impact of Alzheimer's disease on the 26 million people worldwide currently living with ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 24 2008 - 1:32pm - 0 attachments