Terry Pratchett has donated a great deal of money to Alzheimer's research. His fans are trying to match his donation. Go check out Match It For Pratchett.
I just dropped them a few bucksdakiwiboidMarch 19 2008, 00:23:23 UTC
I was reading The Fifth Elephant today, and it's so wonderful. Arthur Clarke's death really brings home to me the fact that we have to let them know how much they mean to us while they're alive.
"What you're dealing with here is a mind in disarray," Morrison-Bogorad said. Connections between brain cells are being lost, neurons are dying and becoming dysfunctional, the amyloid plaques are building up between brain cells, and protein tangles are showing up within cells. And there's inflammation.
"It's just a mess in there," she said. "But the mess means there are so many targets for intervention."
The amyloid plaques have emerged as a favorite target, and scientists and drug companies around the world are studying ways to prevent or destroy them.
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Oh, and the flash video I told ya' about: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/geeks
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"What you're dealing with here is a mind in disarray," Morrison-Bogorad said. Connections between brain cells are being lost, neurons are dying and becoming dysfunctional, the amyloid plaques are building up between brain cells, and protein tangles are showing up within cells. And there's inflammation.
"It's just a mess in there," she said. "But the mess means there are so many targets for intervention."
The amyloid plaques have emerged as a favorite target, and scientists and drug companies around the world are studying ways to prevent or destroy them.
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2004/06/63814
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