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| Today's News | Friday, July 3, 2009 |
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Johnson & Johnson Buys Access to an Alzheimer's Drug
(Source: New York Times) - Johnson & Johnson will pay $1 billion to the Irish biotechnology company, Elan, to gain access to Alzheimer's disease treatments.
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Living Alone Increases Risk of Developing Dementia
(Source: HealthDay News) - According to a study by Swedish and Finnish researchers, middle-aged adults who live alone are twice as likely to develop dementia or Alzheimerrsquo;s disease later in life compared to those who are married or live with a partner. And the risk is three times higher among those who are divorced or widowed.
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Memory Decline in Mice Reversed by Blood Stem Cell Growth Factor
(Source: University of South Florida Health) - Researchers in Florida report that a human growth factor that stimulates the development of blood stem cells reduces levels of beta amyloid in the brain, increases the production of new neurons and promoted nerve cell connections, and reverses memory impairment in Alzheimer's transgenic mice.
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