Monday, August 24, 2009

Study Into Sunscreen's Link To Alzheimer's

From The Independent:

Scientists are to investigate whether human-engineered nanoparticles which are found in sunscreen have any links with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Professor Vyvyan Howard, a pathologist and toxicologist, and Dr Christian Holster, an expert in Alzheimer's, have been awarded £350,000 from the European Union to carry out a three-year research project.

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1 comment:

Joanne said...

What a pity the money can't be better spent on research such as that done by Judith Miklossy http://www.miklossy.ch/401/index.html
Truely ground breaking work that needs to be further investigated.
With all the controversay going on with IDSA Lyme Disease guideline review.
http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=15026
No wonder Miklossy's work hasn't been taken onwards.
When IDSA start taking ILADS doctors seriously then I am sure many more people will be found that their Alzheimer's was as a result of Borrelia or other infection and that treated on antibiotics they do in fact improve.