23-09-2003 18:27									#1
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quote: INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF AGING ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE FIRST ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE DRUG DISCOVERY AWARD Award recognizes that seed capital funding in academia can lead to discovery of a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease New York, NY (September 16, 2003) – The Institute for the Study of Aging (ISOA) announced today that the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Award for 2003 is awarded to Marta Weinstock, B. Pharm, M.Sc., Ph.D. Funded by Anne and Howard Gottlieb and the Institute for the Study of Aging, the award and a prize of $100,000 is given to a scientist whose innovative research has made a significant impact on the discovery and development of new medicines for Alzheimer’s disease. During the mid 1980s, Dr. Weinstock and colleagues at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem prepared and tested a new series of cognition enhancing drugs known as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. One of the inhibitors, rivastigmine, was further developed and marketed worldwide for Alzheimer’s disease by Novartis Pharmaceuticals under the trade name Exelon. Dr. Weinstock is currently collaborating with scientists from the Technion in Haifa, Israel and Teva Pharmaceuticals to develop a novel bi-functional drug for Alzheimer’s disease. The drug is in Phase I of clinical trials in Germany. Dr. Weinstock received her training at the Chelsea College of Pharmacy, London University. She is currently the Leon and Minna Deutsch Chair of Psychopharmacology at the Hebrew University. Dr. Weinstock was elected the first woman President of the Israel Society for Neuroscience in 2002. “Although we now understand as much about Alzheimer’s disease as we do about heart disease and cancer, there remains an urgent need to translate this basic science knowledge into effective new therapeutics, stated Dr. Howard Fillit, Executive Director of ISOA. “Dr. Weinstock’s work demonstrates that new drugs for Alzheimer’s disease can be developed with seed capital funding for high risk, innovative drug discovery research. Today, we honor Professor Weinstock for creating an effective drug for Alzheimer’s disease.”

	23-09-2003 19:25									#2
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Good stuff!

Funny sidenote: these acetylcholinesterase inhibitors act through a similar mechanism as nerve gas (Sarin, Soman et al.).
Wonder if anyone tried feeding alzheimer patients any of those substances

	23-09-2003 19:29									#3
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Ahm... you're sick....

	23-09-2003 19:41									#4
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Hey, I'm a scientist! Have to be open-minded, you know

	23-09-2003 19:50									#5
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quote: Originally posted by Sirotnikov quote: INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF AGING ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE FIRST ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE DRUG DISCOVERY AWARD

..now if they could only remember where they put it.....!

	23-09-2003 21:13									#6
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hehe lol

	23-09-2003 21:27									#7
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I only hope that HUJI will patent it and get shitloads of money. There is no need for Biotech comp.s to get all of the profit.

	23-09-2003 21:33									#8
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Does anyone remember Alzheimer's first name?

You see, it's already beginning

(A-l-o-i-s)

	24-09-2003 02:32									#9
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So, nobody cares?

OR everybody forgot?

	24-09-2003 02:45									#10
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dont say "lol" dude. been in too many chatrooms?

	24-09-2003 03:17									#11
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Too bad these things take too much time to be freely available though...

	24-09-2003 03:19									#12
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Now he changed his location field as well. I'm flattered.

	24-09-2003 03:21									#13
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Ecth - please, if you're stalking me, at least keep the personal remarks limited to one thread. I have to keep jumping between threads.

	24-09-2003 03:24									#14
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JCG - true dat.

Reminds me of how in Africa they're forced to allow pirated medication, so to speak, because western AIDS medicine is so freaing expensive. They'd rather get copies (illegal to us) because they're cheapier. Talk about our unfair trade laws.

I'm still not gonna buy expensive stuff in "fair trade" stores. That's for lefties.

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Ecth - the problem is also that the medications often require much more resources than just the drugs itself, which africa doesn't possess.

and don't mention govt. corruption...

	24-09-2003 03:29									#16
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I don't even think Alzheimer is a disease we should worry about.

It mostly concerns old people, and we just had a thread about them

	24-09-2003 04:09									#17
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That's good. My grandmother suffered from Alzheimer and I'm afraid that perhaps my mom will get that too in 15-20 years. It should be totally treatable by then.

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quote: I don't even think Alzheimer is a disease we should worry about.

I know you don't mean that, but tackling Alzheimer's can lead to breakthroughs in other diseases associated with mental deterioration and memory loss. Wouldn't it be cool to have a photographic memory or a remberall in pill form?

They just went after Alzheimer's first becuase no one cares if you test drugs on old people

	24-09-2003 07:39									#19
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What about using stem cells to cure neurodegenerative diseases? How's the process?

	24-09-2003 07:47									#20
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Yeah...like the Isr. have scientists. Right.

	24-09-2003 07:52									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel I only hope that HUJI will patent it and get shitloads of money. There is no need for Biotech comp.s to get all of the profit.

They would be fools if they did not. I hardly think they are fools.

	24-09-2003 08:44									#22
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Dude, I didn't know people can get Alzheimers in their early 50s...

	24-09-2003 08:50									#23
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quote: Ahm... you're sick....

And 10 years ago it would have sounded sick to give people with diabetes the venom from the Gila Monster, but it won't be long before that happens. Actually, toxins are proving to be quite advantageous regarding disease.

	24-09-2003 08:54									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion Does anyone remember Alzheimer's first name? You see, it's already beginning (A-l-o-i-s)

The hilarious thing is that his sentinel patient began to show signs of the disease in her 50s, and therefore was too young to meet the criteria for Alzeheimer's disease today. She had "pre-senile dementia".

	24-09-2003 10:31									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger What about using stem cells to cure neurodegenerative diseases? How's the process?

That's the really interesting question.

	24-09-2003 21:20									#26
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UR:
The last I heard it had some good progress. I don't know of any specific things though.

	24-09-2003 21:23									#27
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I have invested in stem cell research here in the US, unfortunately it is outlawed (one of the things I hate Bush for, though the Dems would have done the same - except, surprisingly for Gray Davis). The stock is doing well.

Stem cell research and applications of it are going to be the future.

	25-09-2003 11:57									#28
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Damn straight. The ability to repair organs or perhapes even grow new ones will transform medicine.


Siro,

Interesting avatar

	25-09-2003 14:29									#29
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UR, what avatar? The Barak/Netanyahu one or the special one he had before that?

	25-09-2003 14:34									#30
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'special', as in 'retarded'?