Neurodegenerative Quotes

We're still vulnerable when we're not consuming that vitamin-rich diet. I think we're seeing it today in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. If you take away the fuel, the brain suffers. - Stephen Cunnane

We are excited about this discovery because it provides a genetic test that will lead to improved patient diagnoses, and gives us new insight into the causes of ataxia and other neurodegenerative diseases, an important step towards developing an effective treatment. - Laura Ranum

Neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington's disease are complex disorders that involve genetic defects and physiological changes including the death of neurons that lead to a wasting away of the brain... Because of their genetic and behavioral similarities with humans, transgenic nonhuman primate models will allow us to clarify the correlation between defects and neurological changes caused by neurodegenerative diseases. - Anthony Chan

Hereditary neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease have no cure and no effective therapy. Since the mutation initiates coding for the defective, toxic protein, we feel that it is likely that a successful effort to stop the steps leading to mutation will likely stop the progression of disease. - Cynthia McMurray