Scientists Remove Amyloid Plaques From Brains Of Live Animals With Alzheimer's Disease

[keeperofthekeys]

A breakthrough discovery by scientists from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, may lead to a new treatment for Alzheimer's Disease that actually removes amyloid plaques - considered a hallmark of the disease - from patients' brains.

This discovery, published online in The FASEB Journal, is based on the unexpected finding that when the brain's

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[shuraiya]

Holy fuck. THAT IS SO AWESOME.

[haruhiko]

\O/

Alzheimer's runs in my mom's side of the family so I am always \O/-ing at the latest breakthroughs (which seem to be coming fast in recent years, thank goodness).

[crossfire]

I got it on my father's side. I kid you not, it's one of the few things I am scared of in life.

So yeah, this is awesome news.

[irrelevant]

Shit. I LOVE this. *day is now immeasurably better*

[mercat]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay :D