Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Brain implants relieve Alzheimer's damage

Source: Harvard University
Date: August 28, 2007

Summary:

Genetically engineered 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.