Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most terrifying things that can happen to people: staying physically healthy but losing their mental capacity. And now, a new treatment shows great promise in attacking a key building block of the disease. Researchers found that eliminating a single enzyme from mice with aggressive symptoms of Alzheimer’s drastically reduced [...]
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New Treatment Reduces A Key Alzheimer’s Disease Protein By A Staggering 90 Percent
September 7th, 2012 
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No Comments »OHSU Brain Institute Presents: 2012 Brain Awareness Lecture Series (Big Issues and the Brain — The Brain and Society)
February 15th, 2012 admin OHSU Brain Institute Presents: 2012 Brain Awareness Lecture Series Big Issues and the Brain – The Brain and Society Neuroscience research has made great strides in our knowledge – and created many thought-provoking questions. Can neuroscience transform society? Is brain-enhancing technology going too far? Are you born creative, or can it be learned? Can brain [...]
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