[Bαng]

This is crazy, honestly the fact that this has been done is quite mind blowing, And apparently this could also be used in a sense to cure cancer and it is currently being looked into for that as well. What are your opinions?

According to the Telegraph, Stanford University researchers have discovered the cause of dying nerve cells in the brain, particularly from Alzheimer’s disease. Cells that are designated to clean up harmful bacteria, viruses, and damaging deposits stop working, which results in the Alzheimer’s symptom of brain deterioration. These clean-up cells are called “microglia” and they make up about 10 to 15 percent of all brain cells. These essential cells do their job efficiently in the brains of young people; but as humans age, a protein called EP2 can stop the microglia from functioning. This can lead to Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative ailment that causes devastating memory loss and eventually death.

The treatment for Alzheimer’s disease is simple in concept. Block the EP2 protein that inhibits the microglia. If the protein no longer keeps the microglia from functioning, it can go about its business cleaning up nerve-damaging pathogens like amyloid-beta plaques. Stanford researchers realized the concept by developing an Alzheimer’s drug to block the protein, which they then tested on mice with Alzheimer’s symptoms. The drug effectively reversed memory loss in the rodents and other harmful effects of Alzheimer’s.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1753543/stanfor...XivFWf4.99

Article: http://www.inquisitr.com/1753543/stanfor...s-disease/

[Vadamee]

www.inquisitr.com/1645684/marijuana-could-fight-alzheimers-disease-a-new-study-claims/

inquistr also claims weed can help

[99qwerty911]

http://news.discovery.com/human/health/a...141211.htm
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquin...53167.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-a-cure-...-be-found/

Its not a fake news story, although the others may be.
This is pretty fantastic actually.

[No Zodiac]

Probably related to weed.
Just like all the other cures that are never released.

[Profatssor]

Probably related to weed.
Just like all the other cures that are never released.

I love the concluding sentence in the article.

"Other recent research shows that marijuana could reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease."

[Compulsive]

There won't be a cure for any Chronic disease because the government wants to keep all the funding.

[emjay]

I love the concluding sentence in the article.

"Other recent research shows that marijuana could reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease."

Damn, I could have gotten Grandma blazed up :(

[Reefer]

This is amazing! I hope it helps my shitty memory.

[Pr0m3th3us]

There won't be a cure for any Chronic disease because the government wants to keep all the funding.

agreed, i myself have a couple of in-curable diseases, have been battling with doctors and prescription drugs for years. My opinion, F*ck em. Listen to your body.

[GreenZ]

The world is expanding, soon there will be a cure for vicious diseases. I can't wait. :D

[GamersUnited]

If this is real. I can't wait til it is given to the public. My step mother is slowly deteriorating suffering from alzheimer... She's only 49 and has it already, I hope she can recover.

[Vadamee]

I've read that alzheimers is actuAlly a relatively new disease. Like people back before the 1700's didn't have it. Strange

[Arrakis]

I wonder what else the body uses the EP2 protein for? surely it serves a purpose other than to stop the brain from properly functioning.

[Bαng]

I wonder what else the body uses the EP2 protein for? surely it serves a purpose other than to stop the brain from properly functioning.

I remember reading that it regulates the destruction of excess cells in the body and that Stanford is also looking into this as a cure for cancer

[Pow3r]

I've read that alzheimers is actuAlly a relatively new disease. Like people back before the 1700's didn't have it. Strange

The modern diet, the masses of chemicals that enter our bodies these days whether we know it or like it or not. It is no coincidence that cancers and other diseases and disorders have risen to such prominence.