kcredden
August 29th, 2007, 10:04 PM
Slashdot writes:
Brain Implants Relieve Alzheimer's Damage
Journal written by stemceller (975823) and posted by samzenpus on
Wednesday August 29, @07:57PM
from the wired-reflexes-next dept.
Biotech
Genetically engineered (http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/09.13/99-alzheimers.html) cells implanted in mice have cleared away toxic plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. The animals were sickened with a human gene that caused them to develop, at an accelerated rate, the disease that robs millions of elderly people of their memories. After receiving the doctored cells, the brain-muddling plaques melted away. If this works in humans, old age could be a much happier time of life.
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Let us hope!
- Kc
Brain Implants Relieve Alzheimer's Damage
Journal written by stemceller (975823) and posted by samzenpus on
Wednesday August 29, @07:57PM
from the wired-reflexes-next dept.
Biotech
Genetically engineered (http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/09.13/99-alzheimers.html) cells implanted in mice have cleared away toxic plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. The animals were sickened with a human gene that caused them to develop, at an accelerated rate, the disease that robs millions of elderly people of their memories. After receiving the doctored cells, the brain-muddling plaques melted away. If this works in humans, old age could be a much happier time of life.
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Let us hope!
- Kc