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Cold Sore Virus May Be Alzheimer's Smoking Gun 285

Posted by kdawson on Sunday December 07, 2008 @05:59PM from the you-must-remember-this dept.

Science Daily is reporting that the virus behind cold sores has been found to be a major cause of the insoluble protein plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease sufferers. Researchers believe the herpes simplex virus is a significant factor in developing the debilitating disease and could be treated by antiviral agents such as acyclovir, which is already used to treat cold sores and other diseases caused by the herpes virus. Another future possibility is vaccination against the virus to prevent the development of Alzheimer's in the first place. The research was just published in the Journal of Pathology (abstract).

Comment My experience after 5 months in India (Score 1) 625

by risotto on Wednesday March 14, 2007 @02:02PM (#18350567) Attached to: Gadgets You Backpack Around the World With?

Equipment:
Camera: Canon S45
MP3 player, FM tuner, Photo storage (w/CF slot) and sound recorder: Archos Gmini 120
Text input: Palm Pilot IIIxe (AAA batteries + serial cnx) + foldable keyboard

Conclusion:
The camera worked nicely for my needs, although the battery was very sensitive to cold temperatures. I would offload the CF card contents onto the Archos device, deleting music as I went. Burning to CD was easy in Internet cafes (even in India). A better text input device would have been greatly appreciated: Make sure you can access your content with a USB connection. Being able to write emails, prepare webblog in your hotel room is a must (or spend lots of time in an internet cafe). A laptop is very heavy - I am still thinking I might my hands on an Archos PMA430 for entering text and as a replacement for my Gmini 120.

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First Cancer Vaccine Produced 33

Posted by michael on Thursday November 21, 2002 @03:44PM from the cure-for-what-ails-you dept.

notestein writes "Scientists have produced a vaccine that is 100% effective against the virus that causes practically all forms of cervical cancer. In the US Pap smear tests have reduced the 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer each year to only 4,100 deaths. Still, worldwide, 258,000 women died from cervical cancer last year. The same article also mentions that a vaccine that is 75% effective in protecting women against herpes has been tested."

The State of Broadband 121

Posted by michael on Thursday March 01, 2001 @05:21AM from the one-local-loop-to-bring-them-all-and-in-the-darkness-bind-them dept.

Bartbrn writes "Here's an article ripped from today's headlines! Though this sounds like one of those Reader's Digest articles like "Ten Ways to Make Herpes Work For You!", it's actually a pretty interesting nugget written by Stephen Heins, Director of Marketing (uh oh) for NorthNet LLC, concerning the current political state of broadband access in the USA." Although this guy has a vested interest in the process, his take on the situation looks pretty accurate as far as I can tell.

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