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Marin patients don't have mad-cow form of disease
San Francisco Chronicle
(02-09) 17:17 PST SAN RAFAEL -- A Marin County woman has died and a second resident is sick with a rare degenerative brain disorder that is occasionally associated with so-called mad cow disease, but neither case is infectious and there is no public ...
Lab test rules out connection to mad cow disease for one of two rare Marin casesMarin Independent-Journal

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Cancer drug shows promise in mouse Alzheimer's study
Washington Post
Mice in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease had some of their brain abnormalities reversed and their declining mental function restored when they were given low doses of a rarely used cancer drug. The drug, bexarotene, stimulated the removal of ...
Cancer drug reverses Alzheimer's symptoms in mice, study saysLos Angeles Times

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Nifty stem-cell engineering sheds light on Parkinson's disease
CNET
by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore February 9, 2012 3:03 PM PST Follow @ejamoore Scientists led by physiologist Jian Feng took skin cells from healthy control subjects and people with a particular type of Parkinson's disease and transformed them into a type ...
Parkinson's disease: Study of live human neurons reveals the disease's genetic ...PhysOrg.com

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Alexion Earnings Jump 58% As Rare Diseases Pay Off
Investor's Business Daily
Most of the demand was for its core indication, a rare blood disease called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). A September approval for an even rarer blood disease made "a small contribution", the company said. Alexion shares shot up as much as ...
Alexion Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)
Alexion Pharmaceuticals' CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha

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