Dr Michael Fossel is a PhD and MD heading up telomerase research and therapy and has kindly written a blog article for Bioviva detailing the work both they and his company Telocyte are doing to fight back against Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n
How Alzheimer\u2019s Can Be Prevented and Cured\u2026<\/p>\n
Michael Fossel, MD, PhD<\/p>\n
As I said in my medical textbook on aging, \u201cIf age is a thief, then the greatest treasure we lose is ourselves.\u201d We fear Alzheimer\u2019s not simply because it takes away our health, but because it steals our souls.<\/p>\n
Once, we thought it was simply \u201cold age\u201d that gradually killed the cells that carry information and memory. These are brain cells that make us who we are and define our consciousness.<\/p>\n
Only in the past two decades, have we gradually come to realize that it\u2019s not the neurons, which are merely the innocent bystanders in the tragedy,<\/p>\n
but the microglial cells that cause the disease. It\u2019s our microglia, not our neurons that steal our very souls.<\/p>\n
Alzheimer\u2019s disease begins in our glial cells. These cells together form.<\/p>\n
90% of our brains, while neurons are only a small minority in the nervous system.<\/p>\n