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KCET: SoCal Connected | Early Alzheimer’s Testing

KCET: SoCal Connected | Early Alzheimer’s Testing

May 14, 2014 | 2014, Featured, Local

What if a compound from a common spice could help detect Alzheimer’s in patients? A team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is developing a test that could make early detection possible, and a first step for the patient would be taking pills derived from curcumin, which is found in turmeric, an ingredient often used in Indian curries.

ALS in the Strike Zone

ALS in the Strike Zone

Dec 21, 2013 | 2013, Internal Communications

It is a devastating neurological disease that takes the body hostage and then methodically destroys it while the mind stays painfully alert. Lou Gehrig’s disease is still incurable and largely untreatable, but a stream of recent scientific breakthroughs in genetics,...