Word: onsets
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Selkoe and his colleagues published their findings last month in the journal Nature Medicine, confirming that mutations in two genes previously known to be connected with early-onset familial A.D., presenilin one and two, do in fact stimulate production of a protein believed to be an important indicator of Alzheimer...
Selkoe says the plaque is formed by the Amyloid beta (A. beta) protein in the brain, but its formation may serve solely as an indicator of the onset of the disease...
Selkoe writes in the Science article, however, that although A. beta may be a necessary factor for the onset of A.D., it may not be sufficient...
...Adult-onset diabetes, also called Type II diabetes, has been found to increase the risk of heart disease and stroke by six times in women and by three to four times in men. It is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults and causes kidney failure and nerve damage...
Despite its depleted squad, things looked promising for the Crimson at the onset. Harvard took the early lead when freshman Tammy Shewchuck took a pass from sophomore Claudia Asano and dribbled a soft shot just past the outstretched glove of Northeastern goaltender Shannon Meyers 1:13 into the game. That lead, however, was short-lived...