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Article: USC study may have found memory loss cure
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- October 20, 2003
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Mary Holing
University Wire
10-20-2003
(Daily Trojan) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- A recent study completed by University of Southern California professors Michel Baudry and Richard Thompson may have uncovered a new drug that is possibly capable of preventing age-related memory loss.
The drug, which is soon to move into clinical trials, is believed to relieve oxidative stress, a condition where the balance between the pro-oxidant and antioxidant is disturbed by having too much oxygen in cells in the body.
Oxidative stress is known to be a leading cause of cognitive impairment and memory loss that people suffer from as they grow older.
"Oxidative stress is the price we pay for living in an oxygen ...