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Amyloid
Myriad Alzheimer's drug produces long-term benefit in trial 14 Mar 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review ...disease process.". Flurizan is the first in a new class of drug candidates known as selective amyloid beta-42 lowering agents (SALAs).
Mad Cow Disease Questions And Answers 14 Mar 2006
WTOV9.com, The characteristic neuropathologic profile of variant CJD includes, in both the cerebellum and cerebrum, numerous kuru-type amyloid plaques surrounded by ...
Biotech Company Launches Largest-ever Alzheimer's Drug Trial 14 Mar 2006
OhmyNews International, ..."I don't particularly care if it's Myriad or one of its competitors.". All three are attempting to block production of the plaque-causing protein beta-amyloid. ...
Growing Research Finds Physical and Mental 'Workouts' Can Keep You ... 14 Mar 2006
PR Newswire (press release), ...living in a stimulating environment and running regularly have been shown to both improve learning and decrease the build-up of beta-amyloid, a protein that ...
Axonyx Reports Phenserine Associated with Significant Amyloid ... Feb 14, 2006
Genetic Engineering News, Axonyx Inc. (NASDAQ:AXYX) today reported a significant reduction in the plasma levels of beta-amyloid 1-42 (A beta-42) in healthy human subjects treated with ...
New AF267B drug reverses key cognitive deficits, pathology in ... Mar 13, 2006
News-Medical.net, What's more, the drug, called AF267B, reduces both of the pathologies-the brain-clogging buildup of protein "amyloid plaque" outside brain cells and the ...
Axonyx Reports Phenserine Associated with Significant Amyloid ... Feb 14, 2006
Business Wire (press release), NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2006--Axonyx Inc. (NASDAQ:AXYX) today reported a significant reduction in the plasma levels of beta-amyloid 1-42 (A beta-42 ...
Transition Therapeutics Completes Acquisition of Alzheimer's ... Mar 13, 2006
Canada NewsWire (press release), ...is well positioned to be an effective therapy for preventing or reversing Alzheimer's disease by inhibiting the aggregation and accumulation of amyloid beta in ...
Axonyx Reports Phenserine Associated with Significant Amyloid ... Feb 14, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release), NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 14, 2006 - Axonyx Inc. (NASDAQ:AXYX) today reported a significant reduction in the plasma levels of beta-amyloid 1-42 (A beta-42 ...
Discovery of compound that reduces hallmark lesions of Alzheimer's ... Mar 7, 2006
News-Medical.net, This enzyme prevents the production of beta-amyloid, which, according to a theory known as the amyloid cascade hypothesis, also would block the eventual ...
Transmission of Amyloidosis in Offspring of Mice with AApoAII ... Feb 28, 2006
Am J Pathology (subscription) Pre-existing amyloid fibrils can induce further polymerization of endogenous precursor proteins in vivo. Thus, transmission of amyloid ...
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 83, No. 2, 470S-474S ... Feb 17, 2006
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription), The 2 major neuropathologic hallmarks of AD are extracellular ß-amyloid plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles. The ...
Putting the Lady Back Together Mar 11, 2006
New York Times, Magic and science — Mr. Trace's exercises in sleight of hand and illusion, and Ms. Tracz's work on amyloid polypeptide, the major protein component of some ...
Natural defence mechanism in brain discovered Mar 6, 2006
Laboratory Products News, ...scientific journal Neuron. Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid proteins in the brain. These proteins ...
Health Alert: Alzheimer's studies Mar 7, 2006
WIS, ...scans. Dr. Rogers says, "Once we can image the amyloid, we will actually be able to make a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.". Dr ...
Firm gambles on Alzheimer's drug Mar 10, 2006
Tracy Press, ...of its competitors.�. All three are attempting to block production of the plaque-causing protein beta-amyloid. While the exact ...
Alzheimer's Disease Lead Product, AZD-103, Neutralizes Disease ... Feb 27, 2006
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), ...("Transition") (TSX: TTH) announced that an oral presentation demonstrating that AZD-103 neutralizes and rescues amyloid beta inhibition of synaptic ...
Red cabbage could cut Alzehimer’s risk Mar 10, 2006
NutraIngredients.com, ...year. Although the mechanism of Alzheimers is not clear, more support is gathering for the build-up of plaque from amyloid deposits. ...
Drug Eases Alzheimer's In Mice Mar 8, 2006
Chemical & Engineering News As the disease develops in humans and in the team’s transgenic mice, amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein accumulate in the brain ...
Transition Reports Positive Preclinical Alzheimer's Data Feb 28, 2006
International News Service, Transition Therapeutics has presented data showing that its lead Alzheimer's disease product, AZD-103, neutralized and rescued amyloid beta inhibition of ...
Researchers are working on a variety of fronts to cure a ... Mar 4, 2006
49abcnews.com, ...scans. "Once we can image the amyloid, we will actually be able to make a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease," said Dr. Rogers. Dr ...
Experimental drug reverses key cognitive deficits, pathology in ... Mar 2, 2006
Innovations-Report, What’s more, the drug, called AF267B, reduces both of the pathologies--the brain-clogging buildup of protein "amyloid plaque" outside brain cells and the ...
Exercise helps slow down mental deterioration Feb 28, 2006
Sun.Star, A recent study reinforces what is known of amyloid-beta in bringing out mental deterioration in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a common age-related ...
Dialysis-Related Amyloidoma Presenting as a Bilateral Gluteal Mass Feb 23, 2006
Am J Roentgenology (subscription) 4A —Bilateral amyloid pseudotumor in 63-year-old man with long-term dialysis. ... 4B —Bilateral amyloid pseudotumor in 63-year-old man with long-term dialysis. ...
Positive Preclinical Efficacy Data with Alzheimer's Disease Lead ... Feb 23, 2006
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), ...a widely accepted animal model of Alzheimer's disease showed that AZD-103 can prevent and reduce disease effects including the formation of amyloid beta fibrils ...
NogoReceptor reduces Alzheimer's plaque Feb 12, 2006
News-Medical.net, ...in the brain. One such change is deposits of the peptide beta-amyloid in brain plaques, a hallmark of the disease. Nerve fibers ...
Researchers Find Natural Defense to Fight Alzheimer's Disease Feb 16, 2006
SeniorJournal.com, They have demonstrated that bone marrow-derived microglia infiltrate amyloid plaques that cause AD and succeed in destroying them "most efficiently" in mice. ...
Drug Shows Promise Against Alzheimer's Mar 1, 2006
Forbes The compound, called AF267B, shut down both the amyloid protein plaques that collect in Alzheimer's-affected brains, as well as another lesion, the "tangles ...
Drug Found to Reverse the Ravages of Alzheimer's in Mice Mar 1, 2006
Scientific American This enzyme blocks the production of beta-amyloid proteins, the accumulation of which into plaques is theorized to lead to Alzheimer's. ...
Major biomarker candidates for Alzheimer's disease explored Mar 8, 2006
News-Medical.net, ...this theme, Douglas Galasko (University of California at San Diego) reviews some of the current candidates for AD biomarkers, such as amyloid-beta, tau, and ...
Probing a mind for a cure Mar 7, 2006
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Later, they showed how it weakens and kills cells. Other scientists found that plaque contained a different protein, beta-amyloid. ...
Experimental Drug Reverses Alzheimer's Pathology in Mice Mar 1, 2006
Ivanhoe, The drug, called AF267B, reduces both amyloid plaque -- the brain-clogging buildup of protein -- and the neurofibrillary tangles inside brain cells. ...
TorreyPines Therapeutics Initiates Second Phase I Study for NGX267 ... Feb 27, 2006
Network Médica, In addition, in studies in mice and rabbits, NGX267 lowered brain levels of AB1-42, a toxic peptide that is the major component of amyloid plaques. ...
AC Immune Selects Alzheimer's Drug Candidates Mar 9, 2006
International News Service, They are conformation-specific and have induced the anticipated transition from the insoluble to the soluble form of the plaque-forming beta amyloid protein. ...
Can Alzheimer's Be Prevented? Mar 7, 2006
DailyIndia.com, ...to the diet have all shown to contribute to a lower incidence of Alzheimer’s. Keeping cholesterol at a healthy level prevents build-up of amyloid plaques in ...
Latest Discoveries In Alzheimer's Disease Therapy To Be Presented Mar 4, 2006
Medical News Today (press release), ...clinical trials utilizing cholinesterase inhibitors in at-risk patients; and recommendations for usage of vaccination against beta-amyloid aggregation, the ...
New drug shows promise in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease Mar 1, 2006
Ars Technica, As AD progresses, there is a build up of lesions in the brain. These come in two forms, neurofibrillary tangles and beta-amyloid plaques. ...
Blood Test Predicts Mortality Risk in Coronary Disease Feb 14, 2006
MedPage Today, ...coronary angiography, the investigators studied the relative utility of baseline measurements of C-reactive protein (CRP), IL-6, serum amyloid A protein, and ...
AC Immune Identifies Clinical Lead Compounds for Alzheimer's ... Mar 8, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), They are conformation-specific and have induced the anticipated transition from the insoluble to the soluble form of the plaque forming beta amyloid protein. ...
Full Text Mar 9, 2006
Science Magazine (subscription) ...models of these disorders are consistent with misfolded conformers, oligomers, and/or aggregates of the proteins huntingtin, -synuclein, amyloid- peptide, and ...
Transition Therapeutics to Acquire Outstanding Shares of ... Feb 27, 2006
Canada NewsWire (press release), AZD-103 breaks down neurotoxic fibrils, allowing amyloid peptides to clear from the brain rather than accumulate and aggregate to form amyloid plaques, a ...
Neurochem Seeks Marketing Authorization for Fibrillex Feb 15, 2006
International News Service, ...has submitted to the FDA the final modules of its new drug application seeking marketing authorization for Fibrillex for the treatment of Amyloid A amyloidosis ...
Neurochem receives fourth recommendation from Independent Safety ... Feb 21, 2006
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Alzhemed(TM) is a small, orally-administered molecule designed to modify the course of AD as an amyloid beta antagonist by binding to soluble amyloid beta ...
Neurochem reports results for fourth quarter and fiscal year 2005 Feb 23, 2006
MSN Money ...label extension study and the submission of its "rolling" New Drug Application (NDA) for eprodisate (Fibrillex(TM)) for the treatment of Amyloid A amyloidosis ...
ProteoTech Team Awarded $3.1 Million LEAPS Award From Michael J. ... Feb 13, 2006
International News Service, ProteoTech is a world leader in the research and development of new therapeutics derived from proteoglycan and amyloid technologies for the treatment of major ...
Full of life again Feb 19, 2006
NorthJersey.com, ...transplant. Bob Manzi has amyloidosis, a bone-marrow disease that causes overproduction of a certain type of protein, called amyloid. ...
Drug 'blocks Alzheimer's course' Mar 1, 2006
BBC News, ..."It is very encouraging news that the drug was able to reduce some of the amyloid plaques and tau tangles in areas of the brain particularly affected by ...
Alzheimer’s progress 'halted by new drug' Mar 1, 2006
Telegraph.co.uk, ...something new. Most research until now has focused on blocking the formation of plaques from a molecule called beta amyloid. But ...
S. Korea Unveils 5-Year Plan to Fight Dementia Mar 5, 2006
Korea Times, ...hun, which conducted their experiments using laboratory mice, conluded chronic stress accelerates cognitive impairments and increases amyloid disposition in ...
Some causes of dementia Feb 27, 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer, In the brain, scientists see plaques (clumps of the protein beta-amyloid) and tangles (twisted fibers of the protein tau). Small strokes cause this dementia. ...
Drug Shows Promise Against Alzheimer's Mar 1, 2006
drkoop.com The compound, called AF267B, shut down both the amyloid protein plaques that collect in Alzheimer's-affected brains, as well as another lesion, the "tangles ...
Samaritan's Alzheimer's Drug Registered as CAPROSPINOL; SP-233 ... Feb 28, 2006
Genetic Engineering News, Samaritan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMEX:LIV), a developer of innovative drugs, announced today it has received its unique CAS Registry ...
Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug curbs the disease in mice Mar 1, 2006
MedIndia, This compound (AF267B) curbs both the amyloid protein plaques that collect in Alzheimer's-affected brains, as well as another lesion, the tangles of protein ...
Mind Fitness: To sharpen the brain, first hone the body Feb 22, 2006
Journal Times Online, After several months of exercise, the mice showed improved cognitive behaviors and less amyloid-beta plaque, a substance that accumulates in the brains of ...
Neurochem Submits NDA for Fibrillex(TM) Feb 13, 2006
International News Service, The Company is seeking marketing approval of its investigational product candidate Fibrillex(TM) for the treatment of Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis. ...
Fat and the Baby Boomer Brain Mar 3, 2006
Community Dispatch (press release) Researchers found that, with more weight, there was an increase in blood levels of proteins that form beta-amyloid plaques – substances thought to play a big ...
Partnership to accelerate development of a blood test for ... Feb 13, 2006
Laboratory Products News, Alzheimer's disease is associated with an accumulation of protein aggregates, called amyloid, in the brain. Recent research has ...
D-Pharm to Present at BioSquare 2006 Conference Feb 28, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release), ...therapeutic potential in migraine prophylaxis and bipolar disorder; DP-109, a preclinical candidate for Alzheimer's disease, which reduces amyloid plaque load ...
Samaritan's Alzheimer's Drug Registered as CAPROSPINOL; SP-233 ... Feb 28, 2006
Business Wire (press release), LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2006--Samaritan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMEX:LIV), a developer of innovative drugs, announced ...
Positive Results Published for D-Pharm's DP-VPA in Epilepsy Feb 28, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release), ...partners for DP-VPA and its other pipeline products, including DP-109, a preclinical candidate for Alzheimer's disease, which reduces amyloid plaque load and ...
1 From the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases ... Feb 14, 2006
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription), Patients with defects in this gene have high circulating concentrations of IL-6, serum amyloid A, and C-reactive protein, each of which decrease rapidly upon ...
THE BIG "A" Feb 26, 2006
Ether Zone, ...and subsequent cell deterioration that has been well documented that the mice showed evidence of cell cycling six-months before any amyloid plaques showed up. ...
Testosterone ups quality of life in men with AD Feb 15, 2006
Reuters.uk, ...older men without Alzheimer's disease and, in animal models, treatment with the male hormone has been linked to reduced formation of beta-amyloid, the protein ...
New Therapy to Stop Parkinson's Progression Feb 14, 2006
Kansas City infoZine, ...has developed a small molecule compound, Exebryl(tm)- 1, that in preclinical testing has been shown to markedly reduce brain beta-amyloid deposits in animal ...
Education in the fight against Alzheimer's Feb 16, 2006
Ars Technica, ...those of you who might have forgotten, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurological wasting disease that involves the build up of amyloid plaques and ...
The Big "A"--As in Alzheimer's Feb 24, 2006
The Baltimore Chronicle, ...brain and subsequent cell deterioration that has been well documented, the mice showed evidence of cell cycling six months before any amyloid plaques showed up ...
Israeli scientists produce nanoscale wires from proteins Feb 17, 2006
EETimes.com Ehud Gazit of the university's chemistry department studied beta-amyloid protein fibrils that accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. ...
Marrow stem cells defeat Alzheimers Feb 17, 2006
United Press International The researchers noted that, in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's, the bone marrow-derived microglia were specifically drawn to the amyloid proteins that ...
BITSAA announces The First Global 30 under 30 Awards 2005 Feb 19, 2006
I-Newswire.com (press release) Under the Academia & Research category, Shilpa Sambashivan UCLA ( Amyloid Research ); Garima Kochhar Dell ( HPCC Servers ); Manik Reddy Pullagurla University ...
Green tea consumption and cognitive function: a cross-sectional ... Feb 17, 2006
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription), ...considerable experimental and animal evidence shows that green tea may possess potent activities of neuroprotection, neurorescue, and amyloid precursor protein ...
Review shows melatonin helps seniors sleep well Feb 21, 2006
Newstarget.com, ...with melatonin, possibly by promoting slow-wave sleep, augmenting the restorative phases of sleep, and/or protecting neurons against beta-amyloid toxicity. ...
Brain Scans May Predict Cognitive Decline In Normal People Feb 13, 2006
Science Daily (press release) Alzheimer's disease. ApoE is associated with the buildup of beta amyloid plaques in the brain's nerve cells. However, researchers ...
Neurochem to report on fourth quarter and fiscal year 2005 Feb 23, 2006
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), ...trials in both North America and Europe and tramiprosate (Cerebril(TM)), for the prevention of Hemorrhagic Stroke caused by Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, has ...
Risk Of Death Can Be Predicted For Patients With Known Coronary ... Feb 14, 2006
Medical News Today (press release), ...interest in whether measuring blood levels of markers of low-grade inflammation, such as C-reactive protein (CPR), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and serum amyloid A (SAA ...
MetLife Award For Alzheimer's Research Awarded To UCI Researcher Feb 19, 2006
Medical News Today (press release), He also was principle investigator of a study that identified the protein beta amyloid and its buildup within neurons as the trigger that marks the onset of ...
MorphoSys says Roche to start Phase I trial with antibody to treat ... 25 Jan 2006
Forbes It targets abnormal build-ups of amyloid beta protein in cerebral tissue, which are typical of Alzheimer's patients, and is intended to help remove them. ...
Tests demonstrate protective role for berries 25 Jan 2006
Stuff.co.nz, ...of blackcurrant was particularly effective in combatting oxidative stress - damage done to brain cells by protein deposits, known as amyloid plaques - in the ...
NeuroSearch Continues the Development of Tesofensine (NS2330) and ... 25 Jan 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release), In preclinical studies, tesofensine stimulated formation of new nerve cells and reduced formation of the Alzheimer’s-disease-related neurotoxic ?-amyloid. ...
Study sheds light on Alzheimer's 25 Jan 2006
myDNA.com, ...researchers found that 188WH and related compounds slowed or reversed the progression of the neuro-inflammatory cascade and reduced human amyloid beta-induced ...
Study Links Alzheimer's Disease to Abnormal Cell Division Jan 23, 2006
Kansas City infoZine, The new study shows that, in animal models of AD, this abnormal cell division starts long before amyloid plaques or other other markers of the disease appear. ...
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Found in Sharon, Explains Many ... Jan 13, 2006
MedPage Today, 13 - A debate over the treatment of Israeli Prime Minister Arial Sharon has escalated over a report that he has cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), a condition ...
Axonyx Completes First Phase I Trial with Posiphen for Alzheimer's ... Jan 24, 2006
Finanzen.net, ...including 80mg.Blood levels of Posiphen associated with this study were higher thanthose associated with beneficial effects on beta-amyloid metabolism inanimal ...
Amyloid Angiopathy In An AD Mouse Jan 11, 2006
Medical News Today (press release), â-amyloid (Aâ) deposits accumulate not only within the brain parenchyma, but also in cerebral arteries The vascular deposits of cerebral amyloid angiopathy ...
From the Department Human Genetics, * Experimental Genetics Group ... Jan 20, 2006
Am J Pathology (subscription) We generated six transgenic mice strains expressing human ApoE4 in combination with mutant amyloid precursor protein (APP) and mutant presenilin-1 (PS1) in ...
Obesity linked to Alzheimer's disease protein Jan 10, 2006
Reuters ..."We found that obesity by itself, even in otherwise healthy middle-aged people, is associated with elevated levels of the amyloid peptide that builds up and ...
British blackcurrants help prevent Alzheimer's Jan 24, 2006
NewKerala.com, ...that compounds in blackcurrants have a potent protective effect in cultured neuronal cells against the types of stress caused by dopamine and amyloid-b, a ...
Measuring Several Inflammatory Markers Rather Than a Single Marker ... Jan 24, 2006
RxPG NEWS, Women with significantly elevated levels of at least two of three markers (interleukin-6, serum amyloid A, and C-reactive protein) had a more than four-times ...
Researchers Find Another Origin for Alzheimer's Jan 19, 2006
Forbes The prevailing theory of Alzheimer's is that it is caused by a build-up of amyloid plaques in the brain that cause neurons to divide and die. ...
Working out benefits brain as well as body Jan 22, 2006
Columbus Dispatch, After several months of exercise, the mice showed improved cognitive behaviors and less amyloid-beta plaque, a substance that accumulates in the brains of ...
Exercising also helps your brain, study says Jan 24, 2006
The Courier-Journal, Some researchers theorize that physical activity might reduce levels of amyloid, a sticky protein that clogs the brains of people with Alzheimer's. ...
Brain scan and cerebrospinal fluid analysis may help predict ... Jan 19, 2006
Xagena.it, As expected, in patients with cognitive impairments, believed to be attributable to Alzheimer's disease, researchers found low CSF levels of amyloid beta 42 ( A ...
New Study Demonstrates Combined Techniques To Detect, Monitor ... Dec 27, 2005
Science Daily (press release) ...full story. The researchers combined high-tech brain imaging with measurement of beta-amyloid protein fragments in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). ...
Alzheimer's disease, drugs for depression or anxiety could affect ... Dec 26, 2005
Xagena.it, The activity of connections among brain cells significantly affects levels of the toxic protein beta-amyloid that is a major cause of Alzheimer's disease. ...
Biomarkers to detect Alzheimer's disease and to monitor ... Dec 26, 2005
Xagena.it, The researchers combined high-tech brain imaging with measurement of beta-amyloid protein fragments in cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF ). ...
Stroke Is Brain Attack. Lessons From Sharon’s Stroke Jan 22, 2006
CounterCurrents.org, The cause for such bleeding in a man of Sharon’s age could be because of a degenerative condition called amyloid angiopathy or less likely to be because of ...
A Dynamic Relationship between Intracellular and Extracellular ... Jan 20, 2006
Am J Pathology (subscription) The accumulation of the amyloid-ß peptide (Aß) in the brain is considered to have a primary role in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). ...
Alzheimer's Disease drug trial to touch the Tampa Bay area Jan 21, 2006
Hernando Today, Alzheimer's comes from "amyloid" that accumulates and damages the brain throughout the patient's remaining life. Flurizan seems ...
Obesity Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease Dec 31, 2005
Newsinferno.com, ...their colleagues. The scientists measured body mass index (BMI) and beta-amyloid levels in the blood of 18 obese adults. They also ...
Mechanism Tying Obesity to Alzheimer’s Disease Dec 29, 2005
Newswise (press release) ...obese increases the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s. They found a strong correlation between body mass index and high levels of beta-amyloid, the sticky ...
Obesity, Alzheimer's linked Jan 1, 2006
myDNA.com, They found a strong correlation between body mass index and high levels of beta-amyloid, the sticky protein substance that builds up in the Alzheimer's brain ...
Overweight, obesity may cause Alzheimer's disease Jan 2, 2006
Food Consumer, ..."We looked at the levels of beta-amyloid and found a relationship between obesity and circulating amyloid," says Sam E. Gandy, MD, Ph.D., director of the ...
Brain Cell Activity Increases Levels Of Key Ingredient In ... Dec 23, 2005
Science Daily (press release) Increased communication between brain cells increases levels of amyloid beta, the key ingredient in Alzheimer's brain plaques, scientists at Washington ...
Early diagnosis could have prevented brain hemorrhage Jan 9, 2006
Ha'aretz (subscription), The disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) could have greatly increased the risk of a brain hemorrhage, following the administration of the medication that ...
Study: Combined techniques detect, monitor Alzheimer's Jan 4, 2006
Billings Gazette, The researchers combined high-tech brain imaging with measurement of beta-amyloid protein fragments in cerebrospinal fluid. They ...
Obesity could lead to Alzheimer's Dec 30, 2005
DeHavilland, US and Australian researchers say they have found a link between body mass index (BMI) and high levels of beta-amyloid, the sticky protein which builds up on ...
UPDATE 1-Wyeth plans trials of 3 Alzheimer drugs in 2006 Jan 13, 2006
Reuters ...the drugs about to enter trials, like two others already in early-stage testing, work by blocking the body's production of the protein beta-amyloid believed to ...
Scientists Discover Mechanism Tying Obesity To Alzheimer's Disease Dec 30, 2005
Science Daily (press release) Different Alzheimer's Genes Create Same Problem In Mouse Brain (October 23, 1997) -- A new study suggests the amyloid plaques that form in the brains of ...
Obesity increases Alzheimer's risk Dec 30, 2005
NewKerala.com, The researchers found a strong correlation between body mass index and high levels of beta-amyloid, the sticky protein substance that builds up in the ...
Avid RP Closes $8.9 Million Financing to Support Development of ... Jan 5, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), ...-Funds Will be Used for Development of Novel Molecular Imaging Agents That Identify and Measure Amyloid Plaque- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. ...
Avid RP closes $8.9 million Jan 5, 2006
American Venture Magazine (press release), Its radiolabeled compounds, which bind to amyloid plaque, are being developed to enable physicians to diagnose Alzheimer's in real-time and allow researchers ...
Obesity linked to kidney failure and Alzheimer’s, studies Jan 6, 2006
FoodProductionDaily.com, ...published in last month's issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's disease, finds that the fatter a person, the higher their blood levels of beta-amyloid, a sticky ...
AstraZeneca Is The Latest To Join Alzheimer's Fight Jan 6, 2006
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) That protein deposits a plaque, called amyloid, between nerve cells in the brain. ... He says amyloid is not the cause of Alzheimer's. ...
Sharon has brain disease Jan 10, 2006
Melbourne Herald Sun, The disorder, called cerebral amyloid angiopathy, was diagnosed by brain scans. It is a disease in which deposits of amyloid protein ...
Update 23: Sharon Shows More Improvement in Recovery Jan 10, 2006
Forbes The Haaretz daily said doctors had not discovered the disease, called cerebral amyloid angiopathy, when they treated Sharon for the first stroke. ...
Sharon shows improvement (updated 12:48 am) Jan 10, 2006
China Post, ...the Haaretz daily that the prime minister's doctors had not discovered that Sharon was suffering from a brain disease called cerebral amyloid angiopathy when ...
Sharon was given blood thinners despite diagnosed vascular disease Jan 11, 2006
International Herald Tribune, According to medical literature, if people with this disease, known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), are treated with blood thinners, it greatly increases ...
Age factor: Exercise can keep dementia at bay Jan 17, 2006
Economic Times, ...us was that it actually didn’t take much to have this effect.� Some researchers have theorised that exercise might reduce brain levels of amyloid, a sticky ...
Berries 'help prevent dementia' Jan 20, 2006
BBC News, ...protein in the brain. These amyloid plaques are associated with damage to brain cells, which are eventually killed off. It is this ...
Natural approaches for psychological disorders Jan 10, 2006
The South African Journal of Natural Medicine (subscription), Not only does lithium inhibit beta-amyloid secretion, but it also prevents damage caused by beta-amyloid protein once it has formed. ...
Study: Exercise Helps Delay Onset Of Dementia Jan 17, 2006
Jackson Channel.com, Some researchers have theorized that exercise might reduce brain levels of amyloid, a sticky protein that clogs the brain in Alzheimer's disease patients.
British report predicts dementia cases will double every 20 years Jan 19, 2006
Newstarget.com, Cholesterol may promote the formation of beta amyloid, a protein that's typically found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, studies suggest.
The health benefits of aged garlic extract Jan 10, 2006
The South African Journal of Natural Medicine (subscription), The hallmarks of the disease are deposits of beta amyloid protein (Abeta) in the brain and neuron death that also occurs after an ischaemic event and stroke ...
Firm, fair teacher remembered fondly Jan 18, 2006
Fresno Bee (subscription),
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