Alzheimer’s Disease Protein Spreads Through Brain in Mice, Researchers Say

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Alzheimer’s appears to spread through the brain like poison in a river, according to a study that's the first to track the destruction caused by an abnormal protein implicated in the disease.

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Alzheimer’s Disease Protein Spreads Through Neurons in Mice

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Alzheimer’s appears to spread through the brain like poison in a river, according to a study that's the first to track the destruction caused by an abnormal protein implicated in the disease.

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Researchers replicate Alzheimer's disease neurons with stem cells

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

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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Alzheimer’s Drug from Salk Institute May be First to Prevent AD Progression

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Dec. 15, 2011 – A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer’s disease, based on the findings of a study by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies published in PLoS ONE.

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Alzheimer’s treatment: Secret to beating the disease is potent vaccines given early

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

By preventing Alzheimer’s from taking hold in the first place, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC hope to eradicate the disease.

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