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Brain Implants Relieve Alzheimer's Damage

Posted by samzenpus on from the wired-reflexes-next dept.

Genetically engineered cells implanted in mice have cleared away toxic plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. The animals were sickened with a human gene that caused them to develop, at an accelerated rate, the disease that robs millions of elderly people of their memories. After receiving the doctored cells, the brain-muddling plaques melted away. If this works in humans, old age could be a much happier time of life.

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  1. It's a great time to be a mouse... by edashofy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a fantastic time to be a mouse. Mouse with cancer? No problem. Mouse with alzheimers? No problem. Mouse with diabetes? Go ahead and have that Snicker bar, we have the cure for what ails ya.

    1. Re:It's a great time to be a mouse... by CheeseTroll · · Score: 5, Funny

      Mouse with head still attached? Yep, they'll take care of that, too!

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  2. Flowers... by Penguinshit · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... for poor old Algernon. Good to see he'll remember his "smart" days.

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  3. It really works... by D-Cypell · · Score: 1, Funny

    My grandmother was involved in some secret trials of this technology. I have to say it is marvelous. For years she could hardly remeber a thing, but once we found a doner she can now remember everything up until the motorcylce accident.

    1. Re:It really works... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Your aunt?

  4. How to tell when a mouse has Alzheimer's... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    He stops trying to run away from the guy in the lab coat.