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Thursday 06 November 2014

Weekly injection could prevent Alzheimer’s disease, say scientists

Scientists have discovered how to get drugs into the brain to help prevent the build up of the sticky plaques which are thought to cause Alzheimer's disease

A weekly injection could stop Alzheimer's disease developing and could even reverse the symptoms

A weekly injection could stop Alzheimer's disease developing and could even reverse the symptoms Photo: Simon Belcher/ Alamy

By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor

7:00PM GMT 05 Nov 2014

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Nasa's unmanned Antares rocket has exploded seconds after lift off from a commercial launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia

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A couple sits on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River as the full moon rises in the distance in Kansas City. Monday night's full moon was the final supermoon of 2014 appearing 15 percent brighter and 7 percent larger than usually it was only 222,698 miles (358,398 kilometers) away from Earth. The phenomenon occurs when a full or new moon coincides with the satellite's perigee - the closest point to Earth in its orbit. Although supermoons are quite common Monday's full moon was also the nearest to the September equinox and it has been therefore called Harvest Moon

The harvest supermoon

Researchers studying the remains of an enormous dinosaur - a creature that was bigger than seven bull elephants - have given it an equally colossal name: Dreadnoughtus, or

Dreadnoughtus dinosaur

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Gunman confesses to TV cameraman then hijacks his car

Gunman confesses to TV cameraman then hijacks his car

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