Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The comparison between nerve cell death (in Alzheimer’s disease) and the onset of diabetes mellitus.
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Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible brain disorder, which causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. It usually appears in old age(people around mid-60s). Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the amount of sugar increases in the blood because of an insufficient amount of insulin released by the body.
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