The Genetic 'Switch' That May Hold Key to Alzheimer's Cure

The ScotsmanJuly 15, 2005

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THE brains of Alzheimer's patients are not irretrievably damaged and have the ability to recover significantly, scientists have discovered.

A leading scientist in the field has shown that mice who developed Alzheimer's after being given the human gene for the disease were able to start remembering new things once it was "switched off".

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The Genetic 'Switch' That May Hold Key to Alzheimer's Cure

Professor Karen Ashe, a neurologist at Minnesota University, said this meant human sufferers' brains could ...

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