Archives - Monday 19 May 2008
Burton, Groff, O'Horgan, Pierce Set for Alzheimer's Association Gala
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 22:21 - http://www.theatermania.com/Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce will host the Alzheimer Association's annual Forget-Me-Not Gala, to be held on Monday, June 2 at the Hotel Pierre. The group's Public Awareness Award will be...
What's good for the mind
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 21:35 - http://www.postbulletin.com/More than 100 people stretched their mental muscles at the Alzheimer's Association Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter's first Mind Mixer event held April 24 at S
Battle against Alzheimer’s: A progress report
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 21:30 - http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Washington, D.C.
MPs back creation of human-animal embryos
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 20:15 - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/British scientists will be allowed to research devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s using human-animal embryos, after the House of Commons tonight rejected a ban.
Huntington's Disease in Monkies?
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 17:34 - http://www.tfot.info/Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Center, Emory University, have discovered the first conclusive evidence of Alzheimer's-like neurofibrillary brain tangles in an aged nonhuman primate. The...
Alzheimer's vaccine effective in mice
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 17:23 - http://www.upi.com/ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 19 (UPI) -- University of Rochester Medical Center scientists say their vaccine prevents the development of Alzheimer's disease-like pathology in mice.
Vaccine attacks Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 17:06 - http://www.scienceblog.com/A vaccine created by University of Rochester Medical Center scientists prevents the development of Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology in mice without causing inflammation or significant side...
Tylenol PM imitates Alzheimer’s symptoms
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 15:17 - http://www.healthjockey.com/Tylenol PM users, are you facing memory problems off late and wonder whether you are going to be a victim of Alzheimer’s? Then just throw away the drug from your medicine kit. Strange but true, it...
Study Identifies New Gene For Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease - Findings Lead To New Line Of Investigation Into Alzheimer's Research
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 14:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/A new study has identified the cause of late-onset Alzheimer's disease in several large families in which many siblings suffer from the disease. The gene, known as TRPC4AP on chromosome 20, is...
Alzheimer's Disease: Finding Has Implications For Host Of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Published on Monday 19 May 2008 - 13:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers...
