Saturday, December 12, 2009

Is There a Cure for Alzheimer's Coming?

I often get asked this subject -- When do you consider there will be a heal for Alzheimer's?Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
Editor



I am regularly demure to answer which question. Do you consider it will occur -- Yes. When? Far in to a future.

I am additionally asked in person as well as around email for my perspective upon any of a series of ongoing clinical trials for a treatment for Alzheimer's mildew -- most often Dimebon as well as Bapineuzumab. you am demure to give my perspective because you am neither a alloy or a scientist.

I can say, which you preference sure kinds of science over others.
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My credentials?

I did work upon a series of engaging try collateral deals in a 1990s.

One was a begin up financing for Myriad Genetics (Symbol: MYGN).

Myriad holds a viewable upon a breast cancer gene, as well as currently offers a test which measures a woman's genetic proclivity to breast cancer. You can visit a Myriad website if you have been meddlesome in guidance about a company.
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I additionally worked upon a begin up financing for Osiris Therapeutics (Symbol: OSIR).

At a time, a primary concentration during Osiris was a metamorphosis of Mesenchymal branch cells. The scientists envisioned receiving mesenchymal branch cells from a persons body, regenerating a mesenchymal branch cells, as well as then putting them behind in to a physique to correct hip, knee, as well as often sports associated injuries.

Mesenchymal branch cells have been adult branch cells, you all have them in our body. Mesenchymal branch cells have a capacity to form a accumulation of rarely specialized dungeon sorts together with bone, cartilage, muscle, tendon, fat, liver as well as most others.

That reseach as well a series of newer plan have been ongoing during Osiris Therapeutics.
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Another area which unequivocally attracts my attention is neural stems cells. As far as you know, neural branch cells have been harvested from post-natal as well as autopsy human brains for research. This of march would make a examine controversial.
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It is my belief as a non-doctor, non-sceintist which a greatest hope for a heal for Alzheimer's mildew will come in a area of neural branch cells as well as neural networks.

There is some early theatre examine in this area. In July you wrote:
While this examine as well as a results have been during an early stage, you hold this is exciting science. Granted it has a prolonged approach to go. You can review about a ongoing examine here -- Neural branch cells offer intensity Alzheimer's treatment.

At a time you did hit a University of California Irvine to ask some question. you was told during a time which a single of a scientist would hit me. It never happened.

I suppose they thought you was too tiny or just a blog -- if they had called they would have schooled about my substantial Wall Street knowledge as well as contacts.

They will be wanting several rounds of financing in a not too apart destiny -- you disbelief they will need my help to find a capital.
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I have not created previously about mesenchymal branch cells as well as Alzheimer's. There is some early theatre examine in this locus which looks flattering engaging as well as exciting.

This early theatre examine is investigating a transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal branch cells as a intensity therapeutic approach to forestall assorted neurodegenerative disorders, together with Alzheimer's disease.

The key here is which a cells come from human bone marrow.

As a result, it competence be probable to extract bone pith from someone like my mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, generate mesenchymal branch cells, as well as then put them behind in to her brain. Of course, it is doubtful which she will be around when a clinical hearing of this sort becomes widely available.

It should be viewable which generating mesenchymal branch cells will be most less argumentative than a era of neural branch cells.

Intracerebral Transplantation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reduces Amyloid-Beta Deposition as well as Rescues Memory Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease
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So for a initial time, you am stating my opinion. you hold a trail to a heal is through either neural or mesenchymal stems cells.

If a opportunity comes to deposit in neural branch dungeon examine you will jump upon it. This is a examine you favor.

Either way, both of these intensity cures have been a prolonged approach off in a future.

Having created a above, you do want to make it transparent which a scientific new thing could come during any time.

I additionally hold which everybody should examine a most clinical trials for Alzheimer's mildew which have been right away ongoing.

Right now, you have been in a process of last if my mother is a claimant for a Dimebon clinical trial. However, this should not lead you to hold which this is a usually clinical hearing which is of seductiveness to us. It unequivocally is simple, my mother is too aged for most of a clinical trials which have been ongoing during this time.

I additionally a fan of a examine which is being done with bio-markers.

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Bob DeMarco is a editor of a Alzheimer's Reading Room as well as an Alzheimer's caregiver. The Alzheimer's Reading Room is a series a single website upon a Internet for news, advice, as well as insight in to Alzheimer's disease. Bob has created some-more than 950 articles with some-more than 8,000 links upon a Internet. Bob resides in Delray Beach, FL.



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