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...hundreds of companies working on treatments, that means relying on drug trials involving patients who may not even have the disease. "That's why the treatments we have now don't work that well," says Adams. In September, Amorfix announced that its technology can detect aggregated beta-amyloid, the protein fragment that, when gobbed together in the brain, is thought to identify Alzheimer's. With 460 million people worldwide over the age of 65, Adams estimates the market at as much as $5 billion...
Corralling clumps of misshapen protein could open the way not just to diagnosis but also to treatment. In August, Amorfix partnered with Biogen Idec of Cambridge, Mass., to pursue treatment for ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, with the goal of blocking the protein from misfolding in the first place. "It's just the most awful disease, and the most challenging," says Cashman, who runs an ALS clinic in Vancouver, where he is research chairman of neurology at the University of British Columbia's department of medicine. "It may sound trite, but I want to make a difference, and this...
...track to deliver its one-millionth meal in December. "It's really vital now because it's the holiday season, and there's more need during the fall and winter," says Glenn Dowling, executive vice president of the Georgia Wildlife Federation. "Now is when this influx of high-quality protein needs to come into play in the food banks...
...Dining Services works closely with HSPS and Willett to design meal plans. Not only are our dining halls free of trans fats, they also provide other fertility-friendly options daily, according to HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin. These foods include low glycemic carbohydrates like whole grain pasta and bread and protein from healthy sources like soy beans and chickpeas...
...food chain to eat a salad.” I had developed a life-long aversion to vegetarianism, growing up in a place where most vegetarians and vegans were aged hippies or their equally self-righteous spawn, convinced that in denying themselves protein and pleasure they had earned a karmic bonus to lord over the rest of us. I refused to go over to the dark side. So I turned to books and became a vicarious carnivore. The genre of food writing is similar to any other specialized genre, in that the biggest names still remain unknown to most generalists...