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...long-term use of beta carotene supplements—the chemical that gives carrots and sweet potatoes their orange color—may reduce the risk of cognitive decline in men, according to a report released in the Nov. 12 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine...
Researchers found that oxidative stress, which damages brain cells, is a major contributor to the aging of the brain and associated cognitive decline. Beta carotene, a known antioxidant, was used to prove such a link during the 18-year study...
...student in biochemical sciences and a Chinese literature scholar were among the forty-eight seniors with a little extra to be thankful this past weekend after they were inducted into Harvard’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa...
...It’s a huge honor, given the incredible amount of talent at Harvard, to be among this group and to have been honored by the Phi Beta Kappa Committee,” said Matthew R. McFarlane ’08, a concentrator in biochemical sciences and one of the students selected for induction...
...safe. For the 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...