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ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Scientists began safety testing the first drug designed to tackle the root cause rather than the symptoms of this brain-addling disease. Patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's were given a gamma secretase inhibitor, a compound that blocks the formation of the sticky plaques that gum up the brain's neural connections. So far, the drug seems to have been well tolerated...
...remarkable out of this poisoned plum. His J.F.K., in the Cuban Missile Crisis docudrama Thirteen Days, quickly moves beyond physical and vocal impersonation to find a harried man in extremis--a young man surrounded by "knowledgeable" cold warriors who have little faith in him. His only rudder is a root belief that America ought not to stumble into an annihilating war with the Soviet Union. From this belief, and Greenwood's craft, a hero emerges...
However, as anyone who has wrestled with a persistent case of athlete's foot knows, it's not easy to root out a fungus once it's taken hold. Part of the problem is that fungi are complex organisms that have more in common with human cells than with bacteria or viruses; medications that are toxic to fungi are often just as toxic to humans...
...remarkable out of this poisoned plum. His JFK, in the Cuban Missile Crisis docudrama "Thirteen Days," quickly moves beyond physical and vocal impersonation to find a harried man in extremis - a young man surrounded by "knowledgeable" cold warriors who have little faith in him. His only rudder is a root belief that America ought not to stumble into an annihilating war with the Soviet Union. From this belief, and Greenwood's craft, a hero emerges...
...ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Scientists began safety testing the first drug designed to tackle the root cause rather than the symptoms of this brain-addling disease. Patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's were given a gamma secretase inhibitor, a compound that blocks the formation of the sticky plaques that gum up the brain's neural connections. So far, the drug seems to have been well tolerated...