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Tobacco Might Prevent Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease

Tobacco Might Prevent Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted by on April 29, 2011 · 1 Comment

Cotinine is a compound derived from tobacco. The compound was used in experiments on mice. It was learned that it reduced plaques associated with dementia and prevented memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The study was reported online in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease in advance of print publication. The research was conducted by Bay Pines VAHealthcare System researchers [...]
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Scientists Crack Code to Create Neurons Whose Early Death Causes Memory Loss

Scientists Crack Code to Create Neurons Whose Early Death Causes Memory Loss

Posted by on March 7, 2011 · 0 Comment

Stem cells are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms, that can divide through mitosis and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types or can self renew to produce more stem cells. Researchers from NorthWestern University for the first time have transformed a human embryonic stem cell into a critical type of neuron that dies early in Alzheimer’s disease and is a major cause [...]
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