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A crucial result in Alzheimer’s treatment?
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Dormant but deadly
We spoke on Friday about microbes that hide themselves in our body. Waiting for the right opportunity to infect our body with diseases- coronary disease, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s, renal failure, macular degeneration, even some cancers.
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Tau Torts
This is an “oh, sh..” moment for many a researcher. It seems that the premise of much of our research and drugs dealing with Alzheimer’s is completely wrong.
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The Eyes Have It
Yesterday, we talked about the use of PET imaging to detect Alzheimer’s. The process requires the injection of tracers into the brain to render the amyloids more easily detectable. The real problem is that PET scans are not cheap. (And, what would we do with this information, besides….)
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Clueless?
This is like a mystery novel. (Actually, most scientific studies ARE mysteries- because if we knew what we needed to know, there’d be no need to experiment and test. We need to develop a sound hypothesis, based upon what we learned, and then examine how we can extend that knowledge.)
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No warning for this Scarlet A’s approach
What does it mean for us all if Alzheimer’s doesn’t originate in the brain?
That’s not as far-fetched an idea as you might think. After all, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) can be acquired by ingesting infected meat products- or even via blood transfusions. (These contain the contagion of prion proteins.)
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Do you see the light?
Sometimes, even your hoped for results astound you. Like, Dr. Hannah Iaccarino (MIT) found when she zapped a mouse with induced (but initial stages of) Alzheimer’s disease. The light caused brain wave induction (roughly 40 oscillations per second [Hz]). And, then she found that the toxic protein levels of amyloids halved.
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Israeli research may change Alzheimer’s and Autism Incidence
Each week, we learn more and more about how our brains work (or not). And, with that knowledge comes our ability to deal with diseases that have scared us for decades- Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Autism.
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Deep Brain Stimulation
Serendipity strikes again? Maybe- because deep brain stimulation, a technique used to treat chronic pain and Parkinson’s disease, may work to amplify memory – including those suffering from Alzheimer’s.
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