Alzheimer brain damage 'reversed'

BBC News ^ | Saturday, 22 January, 2005, 00:26 GMT | BBC News

[melbell]

What??? And no babies had to die for their stem cells???


STUNING!

[I_be_tc]

Wow, thank you for that link. I am also a direct descendant of the Germans in Russia group. My grandmother died of it as well as 7 of the 9 members in my mother's family (1 heart attack. 1 war casualty). Really interesting information.

TC

[farmfriend]

ping

[Finalapproach29er]

Oh my God. What a hopeful story.
Thy will be done.

[mdmathis6]

Did the encephalitis kill them? How was their brain function after the encephalitis cleared? Did every-one in the study get encephalitis? Of the ones who didn't, was there any improvement in Alzheimer's symptoms?
Just curious...that's all!

[KATIE-O]

"Liberalism is just as bad because it kills the living---and they continue to live with the mental disorder".



BUT WE CAN HOPE THEY HAVE AN EPIPHANY DURING OR BEFORE MIDLIFE! :)

A NEW POSTER AND A "RECOVERED" DEMOCRAT

[PGalt]

Thanks for the post and welcome aboard!

[HangnJudge]

http://alzheimers.about.com/od/research/a/vaccine_alz.htm
...attempts at developing a protein-based vaccine have met with limited success
http://www.mercola.com/2002/mar/16/alzheimers_vaccine.htm
Alzheimer's Vaccine is Halted Due to Brain Inflammation

[MEG33]

Welcome to FR!

[Graymatter]

I hear a powerful rustling sound. Must be my mom, dancing in Heaven at this promising news.

Either that or she's redecorating the place.

[Viking2002]

Wow. Even if they could've arrested it's progression as a first step, that would have been fantastic. But to actually get the damage to start reversing itself, that is outstanding.It's a vile disease that slowly eats away at a person's mind, their memories, their lucidity. Wiping Alzheimer's out would be one of the great medical miracles of the last 200 years.

[TheSpottedOwl]

By the time I was able to move down there, she had been placed in a facility. She kept calling the cops saying there were people in her attic(actually a crawl space), and living in the garage. She turned on everyone, either from the dementia or the Alzheimers, or both. I had her moved eventually from the first facility, to a 6 person facility in a single family home a couple of miles from where we lived. It was a good move for her, but it was hard on us to see her steadily decline. After a visit, I needed a drink.

I felt bad for Nancy Reagan, especially seeing her at RR's funeral. Going through it is bad enough, without being in the public eye.

[TheSpottedOwl]

You got that right. Imagine the implications if we could count on additional millions of our people being lucid, mentally alert, memory sharp, routinely into their 80's and 90's.

I have to disagree with your post. Some families must take care of their afflicted relatives at home, because of lack of money or insurance. Alzheimers can turn your beloved parent or grandparent into a raving, paranoid lunatic. They can become violent. After my mom had hip replacement surgery, she tried to punch out a nurse. They had to tie her to the bed. After the anasthesia was out of her system, they were able to resume her meds.

Try dealing with that at home. With children in the home. They wander off, forget who you are, and can possibly turn violent. I'm all for a vaccine, cure, or anything that can alleviate this condition.

[eccl1212]

there is.
it's called death.

[firewalk]

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