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June 21, 2004
More On The Alzheimer's Link
The Sydney Morning Herald has an article on the surprise finding about the similarity found between Huntington's Disease and Alzheimer's.
New Zealand scientists have opened a new frontier in the search for a cure for Alzheimer's disease by pinpointing a mutant protein similar to the one known to cause Huntington's disease.
Auckland University researchers working with British counterparts have found an insoluble form of a protein known as TBP is present in large amounts in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
Their findings, after five years of research, have just been published in the American journal Molecular Brain Research and are expected to prompt a worldwide rethink about the likely causes of the degenerative brain disease.
Posted by Dave at June 21, 2004 11:48 PM
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