Re: promising Alzheimer news -- take 2

From: Brett Paatsch (bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au)
Date: Sat Sep 13 2003 - 02:36:02 MDT

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    Damien Broderick writes:

    > >Medical conference in Oz suggests some rapid movement
    > > imminent due to advanced technology
    >
    > Here's the url:
    >
    > http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/2003/09/10/1062902114811.htm

    They don't talk much about mechanisms etc in the article but it *sounds*
    like a bit of a breakthrough.

    Interesting that the articles states Alzheimer's is not a matter of if, but
    of
    when. I've a 89 year old grandmother that's had it (started showing
    symptoms) for a couple of years. Stopping it in animal models sounds
    good. As does the part about the brains having the capacity to repair
    once further damage is stopped.

    Brett



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