Environmental neurotoxin may pose health threat
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A 60-year-old medical mystery suggesting that a brain toxin, which was thought to be a threat to a handful of western Pacific populations, might be a ubiquitous environmental hazard. The provocative findings suggests that beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), a neurotoxin produced by blue-green algae and implicated in the development of severe neurodegenerative disease in a few populations might play a broader role in the development of Alzheimer disease.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2005
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Contrast agent may aid cancer detection
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A new contrast agent [3-amino-1-(dimethoxy-phosphoryl)-1-hydroxy-propyl]-phosphonic acid dimethyl ester when used with optical tomography could help identify malignant breast tumors. This technique would be more effective in detecting malignant breast tumors than mammography.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2007
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