European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 09, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday novembers 1993 . The star3 and stripes Page 5 Tir Fis is 5.�y s Iyra id 8 rt1 Voa Ili. A to u lid is ii Ion Tutor Hopes lifted for alzheimer s treatment Washington a a new understanding about How a Gene influences alzheimer s disease offers fresh Hope fora diagnostic test and eventually a drug to prevent the memory robbing series of new studies shows that one form of a Gene called Apo Lipoprotein a or apoe May protect some people from developing alzheimer s disease. A flawed form of the same Gene substantially in creases the risk the studies studies were discussed at a symposium sunday sponsored by the Federal National Institute on aging. The research originated by a Duke University team led by or. Allen roses showed that a rare form of the Gene,called-apoe2, appears to protect people from developing alzheimer s disease but another form of the Gene apoe4, result sin a substantially greater risk of devel Oping the is a major discovery that moves alzheimer s research to a new and higher level said Stuart Roth of the alzheimer s association. It offers real Hope forthe management of alzheimer s disease. There is almost Universal agreement now about the importance of apoe in alzheimer a said or. Robert Kat Manof the University of California san Diego. He said the discovery for the firs time offers the possibility of developing a drug that would copy the natural protective action against alzheimer s that May be provided by the apoe2 announced earlier this year that he and his group had proven that people with the apoe4 an increase risk of developing alzheimer s. In the body each cell has two copies of the apoe Gene which is on chromosome 19. About 79 percent of the population has at least one copy of an apoe variant called e3. There Are about 14 percent with at least one copy of e4, and Only about 7 percent with copies of a third variant called e2. The apoe research which was sup ported by other researchers reporting at sunday s symposium showed that people with two copies of the e4 Gene had 11 to 17 times greater risk of developing Alz Heimer s. Even with Only one e4 Gene the risk was about five times greater people with no e4 genes. Roses said 90 percent of people with two e4 genes will1 have alzheimer s by age 80. People with that Gene Structure aha Are Apt to have the disease at younger age. Because of this new understanding roses and others said a test for the apoe4 Gene May help in the diagnosis of alzheimer s. The disease now can Only be definitely diagnosed at , because it is now known that the e2 Gene apparently protect against alzheimer a it becomes increasingly possible that scientists can Fin some drug that will prevent the disorder. This gives scientists now an Opportunity to find a Way to Block molecular action in the brain that leads to alzheimer s disease Katzman said. This could have a very very major Man helps set Kevorkian free to end rhetoric Detroit a or. Jack Kevorkian left jail monday morning after a Man who said he was fed up with Kevorkian s hysterical Bunch of rhetoric posted Bond in an assisted suicide Case. I think i look worse than i feel said Kevorkian who had been on a juice and water fast since being jailed Friday. I feel All right. I met lots of Nice , a Strong advocate of assisted suicide said he was disappointed to be leaving the jail but there s no Way could refuse. That would be unconscionably lawyer John a. Demoss posted $2,000 in Cash on a 520,000 Bond which allowed Kevorkian to go free shortly before noon. Demoss said he is sympathetic to terminally ill people who want to end their lives but does not support Kevorkian and his backers. I think they be reduced the Issue of suicide and assisted suicide to a hysterical Bunch of rhetoric that has no mean ing Demoss said. If i can get him out of jail and get those people to Stop protesting in front of the jail and saying tree Jack and so Forth then think my $2,000 is Well Friday Detroit recorders court judge Thomas e. Jackson revoked Kevorkian s $100,000 personal Bond an ordered him to Post at least 10 percent of a $20,000 Cash Bond. The Cash Bond was levied for Kevorkian s alleged involve ment in an aug. 4 suicide after he already had been charge with violating the state Law against assisting suicides. Kevorkian said he would not be forced to buy his Freedom. Long strokes for Charity double amputee Carlos Costa swims sunday toward Sanpedro calif., from Santa Catalina Island under the guid Ance of his coach Vicki Keith. The 21-year-old Toronto Man who was raising funds for children s charities completed the 28vi-mile swim in 15 hours. Because of a birth defect his legs were amputated when hews 2vi. Curious crowds gather at trial of Man mutilated by wife Manassas a. A a jury was selected Mon Day to hear the Case of a Man accused of abusing his wire before she Cut off his Penis. John Wayne Bobbin 26, and his wife Lorona briefly faced each other in court As John Bobbin s trial began on a charge of marital sexual assault. Lorena Bobbi faces trial later this month for the mutilation which she says she did in a rage after being William county circuit judge Leroy f. Mil Lette or. Chose the jury nine women and three men from a Pool of 30 potential jurors. He rejected three people who said they had heard about the Case and formed an opinion too Strong for them to fairly consider it. Another was rejected when she said she would be embarrassed to discuss sexual matters. Millette initially refused requests from John Bobbin attorney to remove another potential juror who said she was the victim of a sexual assault. But she was not one of the people eventually chosen. Sheriffs deputies barricaded streets surrounding the courthouse and examined reporters and spectators with Metal detectors. John Bobbitt 26, has declined interview requests since the june 23 incident at the couple s Manassas Home. He entered a plea of innocent. Prosecutor Paul b. Ebert said Lorena Bobbitt 24, would testify against her husband. She told police that her Hus band came Home drunk and forced her to have sex the told her that her objections did t matter to him. She said it was t the first time she had been said she spotted a fillet knife in the Kitchen when she went for a drink of water and was overcome with anger. Then i pulled Back the sheets. Then i did it she told police. The Penis was reattached in a nine hour operation and John Bobbin s doctors say he is recovering Well. Pumpkin soars a record 1,024 feet Lewes Del. A an air Pew ered crossbow hurled a pumpkin a re Cord 1,024 feet to win the eighth an Nual world championship Punkin chunking contest. I Don t know Why people stand in the rain and watch a pumpkin Fly every 20 minutes said John Ellsworth founder of the event. It s More like we flipped our thousands watched As the crossbow contraption built by Ellsworth an Don peppers and named preservation forge under pressure broken four year string of victories by de vices that used centrifugal Force to propel the fruit. Saturday s 1,024-foot throw broke last year s record 852-foot cast. The rules say pumpkins must weigh8 to 10 pounds and leave the machine intact. Explosives Are forbidden. Eight machines competed this year including three that used car engines to rotate mechanical arms one com pressed air Cannon and one catapult. Bikini team barred from trial St. Paul Minn. A television commercials for the Stroh brewing co. Featuring the swedish Bikini team cannot be used As evidence in a sexual harassment Case against the company a judge has former employees Are suing the brewery saying they suffered sexual harassment including lewd remarks and slaps from male trial is scheduled for january. In one discontinued and for the company s old Milwaukee Beer Bikini Clad women Parachute onto a Beach where men Are women suing the company say this and other ads exemplify a corporate Cul Ture that demeans or objectified judge m. Michael Monahan said last week that posters or other promotional materials displayed at the St. Paul Plant where the women worked can be said the key is whether sex Ual harassment occurred at the Plant and whether managers failed to try to Stop it
