Alzheimer's Researcher Raising Hope for Memory Reversal
Sunday Gazette-Mail › July 17, 2006
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MINNEAPOLIS - In the fall of 2004, a research assistant sheepishly approached Dr. Karen Hsiao Ashe about a problem with one of her experiments.
It involved a group of mice that had been bred to become forgetful, like people with Alzheimer's. Only this time, the mice had surprised them.See the full content of this document
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Alzheimer's Researcher Raising Hope for Memory Reversal
"Something very funny has happened," the assistant told her. "These animals are getting better."
Ashe, a University of Minnesota neurologist, was astonished. "Something must have gone wrong," she said.Actually, it was a breakthrough in disguise. The experiment turned out to be the first scientific evidence that mem...See the full content of this document
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