Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Alzheimer's heart link explained

BBC NEWS Health Alzheimer's heart link explained: "Both conditions lead to a reduction of oxygen flow to the brain.
A University of British Columbia team, studying mice, found this stimulates increased development of the protein clumps thought to cause Alzheimer's.
The lack of oxygen increases activity in a gene controlling production of the key protein, found the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study. "

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