Are Infections Seeding Some Cases of Alzheimer’s Disease?
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Are Infections Seeding Some Cases of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Two years ago, immunologist and medical-publishing entrepreneur Leslie Norins offered to award US$1 million of his own money to any scientist who could prove that Alzheimer’s disease was caused by a germ. The theory that an infection might cause this form of dementia has been rumbling for decades on the fringes of neuroscience research. The…

Suppression of Tumor Cell Proliferation By Quinine Via The Inhibition of The Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Factor 6‑AKT Interaction
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Suppression of Tumor Cell Proliferation By Quinine Via The Inhibition of The Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Factor 6‑AKT Interaction

Protein kinase B (AKT), is a pivotal component of pathways associated with cell survival, metabolism, invasion and metastasis. AKT mediates anti‑apoptotic and proliferative signaling in response to essential cytokines. Tumor necrosis factor receptor‑associated factor (TRAF)6, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, has been shown to ubiquitylate, as well as activate AKT. The present study used computational methods…

Johns Hopkins: Herbal Medicines Effective Against the Bacterium That Causes Lyme Disease in Laboratory Study
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Johns Hopkins: Herbal Medicines Effective Against the Bacterium That Causes Lyme Disease in Laboratory Study

In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with colleagues at the California Center for Functional Medicine and Focus Health, surveyed the power of 14 plant-based extracts to kill Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme diseases, compared to the currently used…

Could an 80 Year Old Drug Cure Alzheimer’s Disease?
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Could an 80 Year Old Drug Cure Alzheimer’s Disease?

Unlike diseases that impair the body in a myriad of physical ways, dementia can rob mental faculties and identity, as patients struggle to remember memories from previous days. As the disease progresses, victims may also forget friends or relatives and the functional skills to perform a daily routine. The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s…

Lyme Disease Treatment: 2 Herbal Compounds May Beat Antibiotics
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Lyme Disease Treatment: 2 Herbal Compounds May Beat Antibiotics

Lyme disease — transmitted via tick bite — affects thousands of people in the United States and around the world. Currently, doctors use antibiotics to treat it, but could plant-based remedies be more effective? Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi). The disease spreads to humans through the bite…