Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen is a family medicine resident physician
at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Jay is also a resident of the ABS News Medical
Unit, so in his writing it is obvious why he is intelligent on the subject. Jay
writes about an experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s patients that has successfully
reversed the disease in mice. “The deletion of just a single enzyme saw the
near total reversal of the deposition of amyloid plaques found in brains of
those with Alzheimer's, improving cognitive functions in the mouse subjects.”
This statement
is from the Journal of Experimental Medicine from the research done at the
Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Allen goes to further explain the caution of this process
due to the fact that many diseases are easily cured in mice while the same process
does not help humans. Overall Dr. Allen wants the world to know about the work
scientists and medical students are doing to make a brighter future.
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