Word: braine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brains of victims characteristically contain plaques that include the beta amyloid, but its presence can only be confirmed after death. Whether it helps cause the brain degeneration or is a by-product is not clear. But if the beta amyloid is the cause, then the Boston research could represent a turning point. The study suggests that the suspect chemical may be produced in one or more tissues outside the brain, circulate in the bloodstream and enter various other tissues. But damage seems to occur only when the beta amyloid is deposited in certain regions of the brain important to memory...
...Neurologic Diseases at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, led a team of researchers that detected deposits of beta amyloid protein, long associated with Alzheimer's, in the skin, blood vessels and intestines of patients with the disorder. Previously the beta amyloid had been found only in the brains of Alzheimer's victims. The study, reported in last week's Nature, suggests that Alzheimer's may not begin in the brain, as has generally been assumed. This new knowledge could lead to a practical skin test for detecting the disease and may eventually help scientists learn how to prevent...
...Americans last year and afflicts 2.5 million with what has been called the death of the mind. Symptoms include severe loss of memory and personality changes that range from angry outbursts to withdrawal and depression. Diagnosis -- at best tentative -- has been possible only through a process of eliminating other brain ailments that could cause similar symptoms...
...country is truly as serious about winning the drug war as it was about winning World War II, Harvard should make an equally determined effort to help remove drugs from American cities. Members of the Kennedy School brain trust such as Lecturer in Public Policy Mark A. R. Kleiman and Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice Policy and Management Mark H. Moore have already contributed to the federal government's drug policies...
...towering left-handed batter who once played for the San Diego Padres, Bass hit 54 homers for the Hanshin Tigers in 1985, and that year helped his team win the Japan Series. Then in May 1988, the idolized Bass left Japan to be with his son, who was undergoing brain surgery in the U.S. The team slumped, and Bass's absence offended many Japanese; they could not forgive him. The Tigers cut him and then quibbled over paying his son's medical bills...