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Unlocking Alzheimer's Mysteries

Posted by michael on from the new-friends-every-day dept.

Animalicious Cow writes "A shunt implanted in the skull of a patient with Alzheimer's could be the first treatment that actually fixes what's broken in the brain rather than simply masking symptoms of the debilitating disease."

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  1. Unlocking... by gregh76 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...what?

  2. hm by TaraByte · · Score: 2, Funny

    it gives a new meaning to brain-drain.

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  3. Yikes by barakn · · Score: 3, Funny
    I found myself wondering how the CSF was transported all the way from the brain to the peritoneum, and then I saw the diagram of the tube that runs underneath the skin.

    "Wow, grandpa, you're ripped. Look at that vein in your pectoral muscle.... wait, that's not a vein! Gross!"

    I hope they perfect the anti-amyloid vaccines.

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  4. grandpa simpson by Minn_Kota_Marine · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a son about your age.

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  5. What's the verdict, Doc? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Doctor: I have two pieces of very bad news for you.

    Patient: What's the first bit of bad news, Doc?

    Doctor: I'm afraid you have terminal cancer.

    Patient: Ok, so what's the other bad news?

    Doctor: I'm sorry to say that you have Alzheimer's disease.

    Patient: Heck, that's not so bad. At least I don't have cancer.