<![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers]]> @blorp: As I understand Alzheimer's (it runs in my family, unfortunately), you don't necessarily lose memories, but have difficulty ordering them in a way that makes sense. It's also short-term memory that's most affected, long term memories are there, but confused, so you'd probably get a good portion of long-term memories back, but the period of your illness might be a blur. But I'm not a medic.

Now then, as I understand Alzheimer's (it runs... Hey wait a second...

str88f

]]> <![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers]]> Maybe thats what they used in "Rainbow's End". [en.wikipedia.org]

The question is, do you get your old memories back - or just the ability to store new ones?

blorp

]]> <![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers]]> Please don't let Microsoft be the ones who administer this. I, for one, do not want to BSOD.

Front_Towards_Enemy

]]> <![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers]]> The thing is, there are many sick people that would volunteer to be lab rats, but the FDA won't let it happen that way. So, even if this stuff works, it's going to be ten years before a human can be helped. Unless people insist on a different protocol for drug testing.

Jeff-Minor

]]> <![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers]]> @aspiringexpatriate: Yeah, this is the reset button we like. Not the Star Trek kind.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers]]> @92BuickLeSabre: Yeah, I'm glad I'm not the only one laughing at the title.

aspiringexpatriate

]]> <![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers]]> I hope I'll remember that one once I'm 80. *saves link

Klappstuhl

]]> <![CDATA[A "Reset Button" for the Brain Could Cure Alzheimers]]> Now that's a reset button I can get behind.

92BuickLeSabre

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