Breakthrough in the battle against Alzheimer's disease.

[Hyan]

http://casemed.case.edu/alumni/publi...r2-9-2012b.htm

Breaking News from the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

I am pleased to report that our neuroscience faculty have made a dramatic breakthrough in the battle against Alzheimer's disease.

Tomorrow's edition of the journal Science will report on how Professor Gary Landreth and his team discovered that a cancer drug can quickly reverse Alzheimer's symptoms in animal models. Within 72 hours of administration, the medication halved the number of plaque deposits closely associated with this degenerative brain disease. More, it saw the signs of cognitive and memory deficits disappear within the same short time period.

The potential of this research to assist the 5.4 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease is immense. I commend Professor Landreth for this extraordinary research, and look forward to learning of additional progress as he takes it to clinical trials.

I also thank you for your ongoing engagement with the work of our School of Medicine. Your interest and support play a key role in advances like this one. For more details, please see the release below.
Sincerely,

Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD
Dean, School of Medicine
Vice President for Medical Affairs, Case Western Reserve University

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[Celestialstrife]

Wow that's pretty cool, I'm going to work here soon in an alzhemier's unit. So if they can reverse the effects, that would be pretty awesome.

[hey]

Holy shit, this will be amazing if it works out.

[Ksandra]

Oh man. My dad's been showing signs of Alzheimer's, and it really fucking sucks balls. I hope so badly this turns out well.

[ronin sparthos]

Really hoping science punches some holes in this disease, family members at risk etc etc.

[Outlaw]

Damn. I had a family member die of Alzheimer's just last month.

[Dimmauk]

My grandfather died from alzheimer's. I worry about my mother and even myself sometimes. It would be awesome if this works!

[Pirian]

Don't worry, I'm sure that this will be something you need to take every day, and it will cost $100 grand a year

[Hyan]

It's too bad my grandma has a rarer illness with similar symptoms, this won't help her. But at least it's not hereditary.

[Dimmauk]

Don't worry, I'm sure that this will be something you need to take every day, and it will cost $100 grand a year

Then some rich republican will say that is a fair price. LOL

[Gryffes]

Oh man. My dad's been showing signs of Alzheimer's, and it really fucking sucks balls. I hope so badly this turns out well.

My mums been showing subtle indicators, but not sure if generic getting older memory loss or Alzheimers.

GOGO TEAM SCIENCE.

[ronin sparthos]

Then some rich republican will say that is a fair price. LOL

If you can't afford it, you aren't working hard enough.

Lose your memory? Well at least you won't remember being fucked over.

[Tyche]

The official currency for medications is iPads. I'm guessing three to five iPads per month for this med.

[SephYuyX]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

[Cantih]

Get this stuff to Pratchett ASAP

[oldoldman]

Seeing advances like this makes me confident that when I'm old they'll be a cure for everything. Can't wait to turn 200.

[gairaiden]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

dude i thought the same damn thing. that's how rise of the planet of the apes started out lol

[Souj]

Didn't they already do this? I remember they had some super laboratory under the ocean and made sharks smarter? Pretty sure everything came out fine. It's not like Samuel L. Jackson and everyone else died.

[isladar]

Didn't they already do this?

Early onset.

[kuronosan]

Only Americans have Alzheimer's.