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... courant.com | Nogo Protein May Attack Alzheimer's Subscribe Newspaper ServicesCourant Extras HOME NEWS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT JOBS CARS REAL ESTATE SHOPPING CLASSIFIED WEATHER TRAFFIC Jobs Cars Real Estate Mortgages Apartments Classified Sales/Deals Place an Ad Coupons News Connecticut Towns Latest News Education Health NE Magazine Politics Specials World/Nation Business Life Sports Opinion Obituaries ctnow.com Dining Movies Music Nightlife Stage TV/Radio Site Tools Yellow Pages Maps Traffic Weather Site Map RSS Feeds Services Subscribe Archives Extras HC Jobs Reprints Pix Reprints Browse Ads View Page 1 Media Kit Services courant.com the web Log in Register Services HEALTH Nogo Protein May Attack Alzheimer's February 7, 2006 By WILLIAM HATHAWAY, Courant Staff Writer A protein under investigation as a potential treatment for spinal cord injury may also be able to reduce the plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease, Yale University researchers have found.

Increasing the protein - a receptor called Nogo that is found on nerve cells - reduced the concentration of beta-amyloid plaques in the brains of mice bred to develop Alzheimer's disease, the researchers reported in the current issue of the journal Neuroscience.

The plaques are associated with diminished cognitive function.

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... NewsNet5.com - Health - AIDS Drug Helps Get Rid Of Wrinkles Cleveland · Akron Sign up for E-News Contact the Station Feedback 5 Get RSS Search Pros Who KnowHouse & HomeFoodTechReal EstateLawDatingAutosTravelHomeNewsWeatherAkron-CantonInvestigativeHealthConsumerBusinessSportsNewsChannel5PoliticsEntertainmentEducationEmploymentDealsYellow PagesFamilyWeddings HOME | HealthEmail This Story Print This Story Related To StoryAIDS Drug Helps Get Rid Of WrinklesProcedure Takes Time To Show ResultsUPDATED: 5:27 pm EST February 6, 2006CLEVELAND - A new cosmetic procedure initially approved for treatment among AIDS patients is being used to get rid of wrinkles, NewsChannel5 health reporter Alicia Booth reported.Laurie Staltari, 47, wanted to look younger, so she used the procedure."At first, I thought I would just live with it and then I started dating again and I said, 'No, I have to make some changes,' " said Staltari, who is also a residency coordinator at the Cleveland Clinic."I just wanted a smoother look," she said.

"I wanted to look a little more youthful.

I didn't want to change my total look, I just wanted just a little more youth back."Staltari is trying out Sculptra.

It was originally Food and Drug Administration approved for AIDS patients who wanted to make a drawn-looking face look fuller and healthier.The clinic's chief of plastic surgery started using it cosmetically."It plumps up the face, makes the face fuller and that's what the problem is in many patients wit...

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