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A new drug designed to prevent the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease could enter clinical trials in a few years’ time, according to scientists.
Christina Mediate's comment,
February 24, 2013 5:56 PM
Being able to stop the formation of senile plaques makes this drug look promising. Those plaques are what cause the damage to the brain cells and start the initial memory loss. I'm anxious to see how it works on humans though. Right now it's only safe on the mice. But this is a very crucial step towards a possible new treatment or cure for the disease.
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A beer a day might not keep the doctor away but hops, one of the basic ingredients in beer brewing, could be good for you.
In a development that could lead to better drug treatments for diabetes and cancer, University of Washington research associate professor of chemistry, Werner Kaminsky, has determined the exact structure of humulones and their derivatives – the acids in hops that give beer its distinctive bitter taste.
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