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'Alzheimer's can be transmitted'
Channel 4 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:09 PM PDT
Harmful "tangles" of protein linked to Alzheimer's disease can be transmitted from one brain to another, scientists have discovered. Healthy mice injected with brain tissue from affected animals went on to develop the same defect themselves.

Mice injected with Alzheimer's cast new light on dementia
u.tv Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:44 AM PDT
Scientists have found that harmful tangles of proteins that cause diseases such as Alzheimer's can be transmitted from one brain to another, spreading and causing damage after being injected into the brains of mice.

UT To Get Brain Injury Center
WSMV Nashville Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:23 AM PDT
A national organization has chosen the University of Tennessee's Audiology and Speech Pathology Department to lead Tennessee in changing how traumatic brain injury is handled.

USD Coach Injured In Wyo. Files Suit
Yankton Press & Dakotan Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:11 AM PDT
VERMILLION (AP) รข€" The family of a former University of South Dakota football coach who suffered a severe brain injury while working on a Wyoming ranch has filed a $145 million lawsuit.

Alzheimer's study could pave way for new treatment
Daily Telegraph Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:46 AM PDT
Scientists have discovered how Alzheimer's spreads from one area of the brain to another paving the way for possible new treatments.

UI Childrenand#146;s Hospital to devise plan to treat childhood brain injuries
The Gazette Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:28 AM PDT
IOWA CITY and#151; Victims of childhood brain injury will find a new system of care developed at the University of Iowa Childrenand#146;s Hospital.The hospital was selected as the lead center for the state of Iowa to implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan.The plan, developed by the National Advisory Board of the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, aims to develop a care system for ...




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