Brain cells from Alzheimer's patients have been grown in a highly purified form by San Diego and international scientists, producing models of the increasingly common neurodegenerative disease suitable for testing drugs.
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, together with its collaborator on the Alzheimer's Immunotherapy Program (AIP), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE – News), and the …
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By DR. DAPHNE ROBAKIS With 5.4 million of Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, a proven treatment or cure remains elusive. And the methods scientists are using to study the disease have yet to yield much in the way of understanding, much less treatment, of the…
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Scientists have successfully replicated purified Alzheimer’s disease neurons with stem cells for the first time in a landmark, multi-year study – an achievement that may lead to critical new understanding of the disease, the scientists said
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By Dr. HADI HALAZUN Worried about Alzheimer’s disease? You may want to finish that game of Sudoku before you read this. Researchers behind a study in this week’s Archives of Neurology say they have a found a link between “brain-stimulating activities” and levels of protein…
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