X-Message-Number: 15786 Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 17:58:01 -0800 From: Olaf Henny <> Subject: Alzheimer's Plaques Are Cleared... Fantastic & Devastating References: <> ?>Message #15774 >From: "Mark Plus" <> >Subject: "Once Thought Permanent, Alzheimer's Plaques Are Cleared From The Brains Of Liv" >Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 08:26:21 -0800 > >From: > >http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010301073703.htm > >Source: Massachusetts General Hospital (http://www.massgeneral.org) > > >Date: Posted 3/1/2001 > >Once Thought Permanent, Alzheimer's Plaques Are Cleared From The Brains Of >Living Mice > >BOSTON February 28, 2001 Lab mice bred to develop the notorious plaques >of Alzheimer's disease had a majority of their plaques disappear 3 to 8 days >after treatment with anti-plaque antibodies. Massachusetts General Hospital >(MGH) researchers, working with scientists at Elan Pharmaceuticals, cleared >70 percent of plaques by applying the antibodies directly to the mouse >brains through tiny holes in their skulls. Their findings appear in the >March Nature Medicine. (snip) Fantastic news, but how devastating must it be for people, who were just recently diagnosed with the illness and know that the cure, just around the corner, will probably come too late for them, because of the length of time FDA approval will take. In such cases as well as in cancer cures on the drawing boards; - what exactly is the FDA protecting those of us from, who are terminal? From a chance to live? - against what? Best, Olaf Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15786