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Red, red wine: How it fights Alzheimer's
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists call it the "French paradox" — a society that, despite consuming food high in cholesterol and saturated fats, has long had low death rates from heart disease. Research has suggested it is the red ...
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Hope for Alzheimer’s patients? Dipeptide blocks the formation of toxic amyloid β-peptide aggregates in mice
Dec 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Alzheimer's disease is the primary cause of age-related dementia. About 15 million people are affected by this neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It has so far not been possible to combat the causes of ...
Iron is involved in prion disease-associated neuronal demise
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Imbalance of iron homeostasis is a common feature of prion disease-affected human, mouse, and hamster brains, according to a new study by Dr. Neena Singh and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, ...
Dysfunctional protein dynamics behind neurological disease?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have taken a snapshot of proteins changing shape, sticking together and creating structures that are believed to trigger deadly processes in the nervous system. The discovery opens ...
Citrate appears to control buckyball clumping but environmental concerns remain
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 08, 2008 |
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Fullerenes, also fondly known as buckyballs, are showing an ugly side. Since being discovered in 1985, the hollow carbon atoms have been adapted for nanotechnology and biomedical applications ranging from electronics to carriers ...
Mechanism related to the onset of various genetic diseases revealed
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona (UAB) have revealed the process by which proteins with a tendency to cause conformational diseases such as amyotrophic ...
Delaying the aging process protects against Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Aging is the single greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. In their latest study, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found that simply slowing the aging process in mice prone to ...
Yeast model shows promise as Alzheimer's test
Nov 18, 2006 |
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A century ago this month, German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer formally described characteristics of the neurodegenerative disease which ultimately came to bear his name. While international efforts to learn about Alzheimer's ...
Microbes at work cleaning up the environment
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 15, 2007 |
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It may sound counterintuitive to use a microbial protein to improve water quality.
Newly discovered antibody may be body's natural defense against Alzheimer's
Jun 11, 2007 |
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In an important advance in the battle against Alzheimer's disease, physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have identified naturally occurring antibodies in human blood that may ...
Older dental fillings contain form of mercury unlikely to be toxic
Dec 09, 2009 |
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A new study on the surface chemistry of silver-colored, mercury-based dental fillings suggests that the surface forms of mercury may be less toxic than previously thought. It appears online in ACS' journal ...
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