Alzheimer's breakthrough: key questions answered
Everything you need to know about new research that could lead to future treatments for neurodegenerative diseasesSeveral media outlets have hailed a development in brain research that might lead to future treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.It is a bold claim, particularly because the research is at a very early stage in mice. Should we get excited?Professor Roger Morris, an expert on prion diseases at King's College London said: "This finding, I suspect, will be judged by history as a turning point in the search for medicines to control and prevent Alzheimer's disease."Wh...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 10, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: theguardian.com Health Medical research Society Alzheimer's Editorial Science Source Type: news
'Historic breakthrough' in Alzheimer's research
Conclusion
This study showed an exciting new development in the quest for treating prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), such as Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) in humans or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in animals.
This was a small study of 29 mice and had to be discontinued after 12 weeks. Despite encouraging results, including that after this time period the prion disease had not progressed and the drug had stopped brain cell death, we do not know how long the drug might work.
The researchers also point out that in these early stages they have not worked out how to st...
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Alzheimer's treatment: landmark study gives hope for simple pill
Expert predicts future generations would see findings as historic turning point in fight against degenerative brain diseasesA landmark British study has raised the prospect of a pill that could treat brain diseases such as Alzheimer's by halting the death of neurons.The research, performed on sick mice, is at a very early stage and it could be a decade or more before any medicine is developed.But experts say the results are highly significant, and one predicted future generations would see the findings as a historic turning point.The Medical Research Council (MRC) team focused on the root cause of many degenerative brain d...
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Mad cows, cannibalism and the shaking death
The new film We Are What We Are is about a family of cannibals, one of whom succumbs to a human form of mad cow diseaseI made a brief appearance on HuffPostLive on Wednesday, to talk about kuru, a human form of mad cow disease' that is transmitted by eating infected nervous tissue. It was for a segment of the broadcast featuring cast members of We Are What We Are, a new film about a family of cannibals, one of whom succumbs to the disease.Kuru and other human forms of mad cow disease are extremely rare neurodegenerative conditions, but they occasionally make the headlines when new cases are found. The latest case was repor...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 26, 2013 Category: Science Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Neuroscience Source Type: news
Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease confirmed at New Hampshire hospital
MANCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- New Hampshire officials say there is an "extremely low risk" of infection for people who may have been exposed to surgical equipment used on a patient who died. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
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Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease confirmed in New Hampshire
Health officials have confirmed that a patient who underwent neurosurgery at a New Hampshire hospital earlier this year had Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
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Actual Cause of Mad Cow Disease Revealed
Dr. William Croft addresses major insurance company conspiracy in new well-documented book(PRWeb September 13, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/9/prweb11114831.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
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More U.S. Patients Feared at Risk of Rare Brain Disease
Connecticut said on Friday that two patients who recently underwent surgery at a VA Hospital may have been exposed to a rare brain disease, adding to 13 people already reported at risk in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.Source: Reuters Health
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Mass. hospital also used surgical equipment exposed to brain disease
Surgical equipment contaminated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H. may have been used on spinal surgery patients at Cape Cod Hospital in Mass. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
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13 patients may have fatal brain disease
Five patients who underwent surgery at a Cape Cod Hospital this summer may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after their surgeries were performed using the same potentially contaminated medical equipment found in a New Hampshire hospital, according to a statement released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
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Fatal brain disease may affect five more
Five patients who underwent surgery at a Cape Cod Hospital this summer may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after their surgeries were performed using the same potentially contaminated medical equipment (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thirteen New England patients possibly exposed to fatal brain disease
BOSTON (Reuters) - Thirteen people who recently underwent neurosurgery in Massachusetts and New Hampshire may have been exposed to a rare and fatal brain condition similar to "mad cow" disease because of potentially infected surgical instruments. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Thirteen New England patients possibly exposed to fatal brain disease
BOSTON (Reuters) - Thirteen people who recently underwent neurosurgery in Massachusetts and New Hampshire may have been exposed to a rare and fatal brain condition similar to "mad cow" disease in cattle because of a medical device used in both states, state officials said. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
N.H. Hospital May Have Exposed Patients to CJD
(MedPage Today) -- Health officials in New Hampshire said eight neurosurgery patients at one hospital in the state may have been unwittingly exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 5, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
