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Hypothesis for cause of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease proposed
May 23, 1994An unexpected discovery by researchers at The National Institutes of Health (NIH), may help to explain how Alzheimer's disease causes memory loss. The research shows that beta amyloid, a common protein in the brain, can make cell...
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Similar disease mechanisms found in both diabetes and Alzheimer's disease
April 20, 1994Alzheimer's disease and adult-onset diabetes, two of the most prevalent diseases of the aging population, may share a common disease mechanism, namely amyloid fibril formation, according to a new finding by National Institute on Aging...
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Lower educational and occupational levels increase risk for Alzheimer's disease
April 15, 1994People with lower educational and lower occupational levels have at least a two times greater risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. The risk rises to three times as great when both low occupation and education occur together. In a...
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Controlling enzyme activity in ovarian cancer may lead to effective antitumor drugs
April 11, 1994New research findings suggest that drugs which specifically inhibit enzyme activity could limit the lifespan of ovarian cancer cells and most significantly, have little or no toxic drug side-effects on other major organ systems in the body...
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Cloned gene could lead to supression of tumors in humans
April 11, 1994Recent cloning of a gene could be a first step toward slowing or stopping the growth of tumor cells, according to scientists at Baylor University in Houston, Texas. The scientists have cloned a gene that can slow down the growth of young,...
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Aging Institute funds six new centers to apply social and behavioral research
November 15, 1993The National Institute on Aging (NIA) today announced the award of $2.4 million to start six new Centers for Research on Applied Gerontology. The Centers are designed to move promising social and behavioral research findings -- in such...
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Possible targets for treatment of Alzheimer's disease advanced by recent gene breakthroughs
November 7, 1993Allen Roses, M.D., and his colleagues* have found a possible mechanism by which a variant of the Apolipoprotein (ApoE) gene protects against abnormal changes in the brain that are associated with Alzheimer's disease. The research,...
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