Category Archives: Research

Patent law an obstacle for Alzheimer’s solutions

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You would think that all would be working cooperatively towards a solution for Alzheimer’s but this is not the case. The ridiculous costs and time that it takes to run effective tests lead to a short time to recoup your research costs when you would find a workable solution. Researchers can not make a good case that this is a wise investment for Pharmaceutical companies.

So something is really wrong here and the government should look into this.

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Leave it to Bill!

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It’s one of the holy grails of science: a cure for Alzheimer’s. Currently, there is no treatment to stop the disease, let alone slow its progression. And billionaire Bill Gates thinks he will change that.

“I believe there is a solution,” he told me without hesitation.

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Alzheimer’s: Brain diabetes type 3

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There’s growing evidence that Alzheimer’s disease resembles a new form of diabetes known as type 3.

A National Institute of Aging study now shows how high glucose concentrations in brain tissue may result from abnormal glucose metabolism, eventually leading to the dangerous plaques and tangles characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease — the neurodegenerative disease that represents the major cause of dementia.

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Inflamation and Alzheimer’s

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New research is suggesting that people in midlife who have a higher levels of systemic inflammation for whatever reason, later on in life, 25 years later, can show greater brain atrophy and greater problems with memory.

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