Scientists Identify Major Risk Gene for Alzheimer’s Disease
A team of scientists has identified a novel gene that puts people at risk for Alzheimers disease and the genes surprising identity it is a calcium channel modulator suggests a potentially new way to treat or even prevent the mind-robbing disorder.
The YouTube collaboration was inspired by the 'Fight for Mike', an initiative by Silicon Valley leaders to save the life of former Apple/Netscape marketing ace Mike Homer, who was diagnosed last spring with CJD and is being treated at UCSF. Homer's close friends, Silicon Valley investor, Ron Conway, and Intuit Chairman William V. Campbell lead the initiative.
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San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 16, 2008 — YouTube and The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) today launched a comprehensive Internet video channel dedicated to the improved understanding of incurable neurodegenerative brain diseases. The UCSF Memory and Aging Center YouTube channel can be found at http://www.youtube.com/UCSFMemoryandAging. The multimedia offering represents the latest step by one of the world's leading neuroscience research teams to engage the public and the medical community in an aggressive search for the causes and cures of debilitating brain conditions known as 'dementias'.
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Here are examples of the types of memory problems common in normal age-related forgetfulness, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia.
There are a number of tests your doctor can administer right in the office which can help determine whether it is cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's Sisease or another form of dementia.
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