Prions key in Alzheimer's disease
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The proteins which cause mad cow disease may protect against Alzheimer's disease, say UK researchers.
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How to prevent a sticky gunk from clogging up, and probably killing, brain cells is the newest focus in the fight against Alzheimerâs disease.
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Story in full A SIGNIFICANT breakthrough in diagnosing Alzheimerâs disease was announced yesterday after scientists discovered 10 smells which can be used to predict if patients will develop the condition.
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NEW YORK  - Gene therapy might one day be  an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, new experiments  in mice suggest.
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People who have high blood pressure,  cholesterol, diabetes or who smoke in midlife have a much  higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later on, U.S.  researchers reported on Monday.
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FRIDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with the apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 gene variant -- associated with an increased risk of late-onset Alzheimer&#39;s disease and other types of dementia -- are more likely to develop postoperative delirium after major surgery than those without the gene variant, a U.S. study finds.
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Symptoms of prion diseases, such as the human form of mad cow disease, can be reversed, a study suggests.
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MONDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Less oxygenated blood to the brain may mean a bigger build-up of the protein plaques that are so closely tied to Alzheimer's disease, new research shows.
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TUESDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have confirmed that an imaging agent known as Pittsburgh Compound B binds to abnormal protein growth in the brain that are a signature of Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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NEW YORK  - A number of brain diseases caused by mutant prion proteins, such as mad cow disease or scrapie in sheep, might be averted if normal prion proteins can be depleted, researchers report.
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A 39-year-old woman has died of a previously undiagnosed form of the brain-wasting condition variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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A team of Finnish researchers has developed a drug that could be a major advancement in treating degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's. The team, working with Tampa's Johnnie B. Byrd Sr.
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Researchers think a combination of genes work together, maybe with other risk factors, to contribute to Alzheimerâs disease.
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How to prevent a sticky gunk from clogging up, and probably killing, the brain cells of Alzheimer's patients is the newest focus in the fight against the disease.
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Scientists have reversed the damage caused to the brain by Alzheimer's disease during tests on mice.
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More evidence has been found to link the cold sore virus to Alzheimer's disease, an expert says.
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Researchers believe that they have found how the body protects itself against diseases such as Alzheimer's.