Cancer drug may be used to treat Alzheimer's disease
Published on Friday 03 September 2010 - 00:36 - http://www.retirementhomes.com/Researchers in the United States recently announced that a drug used to treat a certain type of cancer may be able to treat Alzheimer's disease. Reuters reports that the drug has shown potential in...
Aspartame Safety: Separating Fact from Fiction
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 22:51 - http://www.redorbit.com/ATLANTA, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Heard the one about how aspartame single-handedly caused the Gulf War syndrome? In recent years, outlandish allegations - often spread via the Internet by...
Cause Behind Alzheimer's Plaques Identified
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 20:36 - http://www.medindia.com/A protein - beta-amyloid - builds deposits in the brain, causing nerve cells to get weak and die leading to Alzheimer's disease. ''Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of beta-amyloid have a...
Addex drug-candidate effective in Alzheimer’s disease model
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 18:02 - http://webnewswire.com/Geneva, Switzerland - Allosteric modulation company Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SIX: ADXN) announced today that it has observed efficacy in a model of Alzheimer’s disease using a recently discovered...
Nobel Prize-winner finds new path for Alzheimer's drug
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 16:34 - http://www.fiercebiotech.com/After 25 years of ongoing research, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Greengard is unveiling a new pathway at work in Alzheimer's--a discovery likely to trigger a fresh burst of R&D work around a...
Eisai announces initiation of Alzheimer's drug study
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 14:53 - http://behavioralhealthcentral.com/Sep 02, 2010 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) --'Eisai, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, has announced the start of the first patient enrolled clinical study with BAN2401, a monoclonal antibody that is...
Cancer drug model could be a potential treatment for Alzheimer's study claim
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 13:20 - http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/Treatments modelled on the cancer drug Gleevec could potentially prevent the formation of amyloid plaques - one of the major hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease according to a new study.
Why Anavex Is a Strong Buy
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 11:31 - http://seekingalpha.com/Wealth Daily submits:By Brian HicksLast Saturday, the New York Times ran a rather lengthy piece on the Alzheimer s epidemic. The article came on the heels of the high-profile failure of Lilly s...
Discovery by 84-Year-Old Scientist Steers Alzheimer’s Drug in New Direction
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 11:29 - http://topnews.us/' ' ' Alzheimer.jpg ' ''It has been almost a year since the news relating to Alzheimer s see-sawing between the good and the discouraging information was witnessed. But a new discovery made by an...
Protein Identified That Spurs Formation Of Alzheimer's Plaques
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 11:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/In Alzheimer's disease, the problem is beta-amyloid, a protein that accumulates in the brain and causes nerve cells to weaken and die. Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of beta-amyloid have...
