Research

I feel like I just recovered from the weekend, and here it is almost here again!

Last night, the guys went to bed early, and while I was ironing, I watched a show on PBS about Alzheimer's. Wow. They followed a few families' journeys and it was so sad. But there was also parts about research, and there was a man who did not have AD, who volunteered for a drug test. This drug, which I can't remember the name of, (oh no!), has been successfully used with mice in terms of attaching itself to pieces of the protein Beta Amaloid in the brain. What it did while there...I was kind of confused about. Anyway, with this brave man's sacrifice, they were able to see that it did the same in humans. The scientists were quite excited, and think that there will be some kind of treatment within 5-10 years. Funny thing was, they said that to these families 4 years ago (when the documentary was filmed). We will just all have to pray about this research, and listen out for the findings.

I'm also going to a class next month called Alzheimer's, Memory, and Dementia.