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Federal panel offers recommendations for research on aging
August 31, 1995Recommendations for priorities in future research on aging are included in a new report from the Federal Task Force on Aging Research. The panel, convened under congressional mandate, points to major potential scientific advances in the...
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Will latest genetic discovery solve the Alzheimer's disease riddle?
August 17, 1995Scientists have found a fourth gene that is linked to Alzheimer's disease and National Institute on Aging (NIA) neuroscientist Dr. Creighton Phelps believes that this latest gene discovery may yield crucial clues to the molecular...
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Loss of immune function with aging may be reversible or preventable
July 10, 1995Scientists have gained important new insights into the underlying causes of age-related changes in the immune system which lead to decreased immune function and increased vulnerability to infectious diseases in older people. In an article...
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NIA establishes new centers to develop cutting edge basic biological research
April 30, 1995The National Institute on Aging (NIA) today announced the establishment of three Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging. The centers -- at the University of Michigan, University of Texas Health Science Center at San...
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Can tree bark help coronary heart disease patients?
March 13, 1995A novel drug derived from the bark of the Pacific yew tree may help prevent renarrowing of arteries after balloon angioplasty, a common medical procedure used to treat coronary artery disease, especially after heart attacks. Scientists at...
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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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