Finding Alzheimer’s 20 years early!

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Roughly twenty years before the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appear, inflammatory changes in the brain can be seen, according to a new study. The findings of the researchers, who monitored several pathological changes in the brain, suggest that activation of astrocytes at an early stage can greatly influence the development of the disease.

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Alzheimer’s transmittable?

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Additional research is necessary now when two studies have shown evidence of people being infected after receiving certain medical procedures. Unusual Young people died and autopsy showed that they may have remnants from procedures done decades before.

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Why do some develop Alzheimer’s and some do not?

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Researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing, led by Professor Karen Gylys, may have just uncovered the answer. Their study, published in the January issue of the American Journal of Pathology, is the first to look at disease progression in the synapses — where brain cells transmit impulses.

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