X-Message-Number: 15786
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 17:58:01 -0800
From: Olaf Henny <>
Subject: Alzheimer's Plaques Are Cleared... Fantastic & Devastating
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?>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
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>From:
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>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010301073703.htm
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>Source:   Massachusetts General Hospital (http://www.massgeneral.org)
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>Date:   Posted 3/1/2001
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>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

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