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2 unusual facts about Wilson's disease


Triethylenetetramine

The hydrochloride salt of triethylenetetramine, referred to as trientine hydrochloride, is a chelating agent, and is used to bind up and remove copper in the body to treat Wilson's disease, particularly in those who are intolerant to penicillamine.

Zinc acetate

As an oral daily supplement it is used to inhibit the body's absorption of copper as part of the treatment for Wilson's disease.


Angus Reid

Reid missed three years of college football at Simon Fraser because of gastrointestinal problems linked to Crohn's disease but he played every CFL game from the 2002 to 2008 CFL seasons including the 92nd and 94th Grey Cups.

Ann Wilson

On November 22, 2012, Wilson sang an original arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner", accompanied by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, at the beginning of the Thanksgiving Day football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

ASAH2B

ASAH2B shows reduced expression with increasing age and further reduction in late onset Alzheimer's disease patients.

Baghdad Central Station

The station was built by the British to designs by J M Wilson , a Scot who had been an assistant to Lutyens in New Delhi and who subsequently set up a practice of his own in Baghdad .

Bugula

In January 2008 a clinical trial was submitted to the United States National Institutes of Health to measure the safety and effectiveness of Bryostatin 1 in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Center for BrainHealth

All contributions support the cause of brain health and the Center’s many research focus areas-Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury (TBI), autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), stroke, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction, BrainHealth Physical, Dementia, Exercise and the Brain, Healthy Brain Aging, and Virtual Brain Training.

Cheat on Me

'Curse This English Rain' and 'So Hot Now', the CD single and seven inch vinyl one b-sides, came from the same sessions as the rest of the album, with additional recording completed at Mastan Music, Portland, Oregon by Jeremy Wilson.

Cyanide and Happiness

Wilson and DenBleyker have mentioned the traditional comic The Far Side by Gary Larson and the webcomic The Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch, as some of their influences for the comic.

Edward Gary Carr

Dr. Carr secured his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto and graduate degrees from the University of California at San Diego where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, worked briefly at the University of California Los Angeles, and was Medical Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA.

Ernest Wilson

Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930), English botanist, best known as E. H. Wilson

Ewa Malas-Godlewska

Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute production by Bob Wilson, Paris Opera, L'Opera Comique, Le Theatre du Chatelet, Le Theatre des Champs Elysees, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers and Parisian Bastille Opera, the Houston Grand Opera in Texas

Fictive art

Notable practitioners and projects include David Wilson (The Museum of Jurassic Technology), Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick (The Circular River), Beauvais Lyons (The Hokes Archives), Joan Fontcuberta (Sputnik), Eve Andree Laramee (Yves Fissiault), and Jim Shaw (O-ism).

First Cousin Once Removed

Documentary about the life of poet, translator, critic and university professor Edwin Honig and his struggles with Alzheimer's disease.

Garlali language

Breen pointed out that some groups in southwest Queensland had abandoned their original languages (but not their names) and adopted the ‘Wilson River Language’ in the early days of Australian settlement when people moved from Thargomindah to Nockatunga (near the modern town of Noccundra).

George Prentiss

George Pepper Prentiss (a.k.a. George Pepper Wilson) (June 10, 1876 – September 23, 1902) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1901 through 1902 for the Boston Americans (1901–02) and Baltimore Orioles (1902).

Hamish Wilson

Hamish Wilson (born 13 December 1942) is a Scottish actor from Glasgow, and is best known for briefly taking over the role of Jamie McCrimmon for part of two episodes in the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Mind Robber when series regular Frazer Hines was ill with chickenpox and unable to attend the recording.

Harold Wilson bibliography

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century.

Hereditary Disease Foundation

In 1968, after experiencing Huntington's disease (HD) in his wife's family, Dr. Milton Wexler was inspired to start the Hereditary Disease Foundation, with the aim of curing genetic illnesses by coordinating and supporting research.

History of U.S. foreign policy

President Wilson vehemently denounced German violations of American neutrality that involved loss of life, most famously in the torpedo attack on the RMS Lusitania in 1915 that killed 128 American civilians but which may have been carrying war munitions.

Hyperkinesia

Hyperkinesia is a state of excessive restlessness which is featured in a large variety of disorders that affect the ability to control motor movement, such as Huntington's disease.

J. D. Chapman

He was trained at first by Ex Champ Michael Moorer than by Jeff Mayweather and now by Norman Wilson, his manager is the very powerful Scott Hirsch who recently netted his fighters Jameel McCline and Shannon Briggs Don King-arranged title fights.

Julie Wilson

Her recordings include My Old Flame, Live From the Russian Tea Room, Julie Wilson At the St. Regis, and collections devoted to the songbooks of Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, Harold Arlen, Cy Coleman, Stephen Sondheim, and George and Ira Gershwin.

Karen Freeman-Wilson

While there she helped get a trial of Prometa, a treatment for methamphetamine addiction, launched in the Gary drug court.

Kenly

Kenly, North Carolina, town in Johnston and Wilson counties, North Carolina, United States

Kesho Y. Scott

She is the author of several books, including The Habit of Surviving, and Tight Spaces (coauthored with Cherry Muhanji and Egyirba High), which was the winner of the 1988 American Book Award, and was also awarded the Christine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women.

Lincoln Verduga Loor

His public life was when he and his brothers Wilson and Franklin, and the management of Medardo Mora, contributed to the creation of the Lay University Eloy Alfaro of Manabi, and with Dr. Ruben Dario Morales, managed the extension of the Lay University Vicente Rocafuerte in Portoviejo, which later became the San Gregorio University of Portoviejo.

Malamulele

These include Thomas Chauke,The late Matshwa-bemuda, George Maluleke, Noel Maluleke from Nyavani, Percy Mfana,Mzamani wa Jack, Esta M, Collins Chabane, Ali Moyana(Gumbi), David Maluleke, General MD Shirinda,MJ Hlungwani(shivavula)Ali Moyana.MC Mabasa,Wilson Maluleke,Vazaya na Malume,which consists of Solomon Hlungwani (Mj The junior).

Mexican Revolution

In 1916, in retaliation for Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico, and the death of 16 United States citizens, President Wilson sent forces commanded by Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing into Mexico to capture Villa.

Michael Henry Herbert

Wilson's eldest daughter, Mary (also called May) married New York landowner Ogden Goelet (they were the parents of Mary Goelet) and his youngest daughter, Grace, married Cornelius Vanderbilt III; his son Orme was married to the daughter of Mrs. William Astor, "the" Mrs. Astor.

Mike Sharwood Smith

Speakers at the LARS meetings have included leading figures such as Melissa Bowerman, Ray Jackendoff, Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Mary-Louise Kean, Brian MacWhinney, Frederick Newmeyer, Steven Pinker and Deirdre Wilson as well as many prominent researchers in second language acquisition.

Muscimol

In patients with Huntington's disease and chronic schizophrenia, oral doses of muscimol have been found to cause a rise of both prolactin and growth hormone.

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

On the assumption that MAP is a causative agent in Crohn's disease, the Australian biotechnology company Giaconda is seeking to commercialize a combination of rifabutin, clarithromycin, and clofazimine as a potential drug therapy, called Myoconda, for Crohn's.

Paul Thek

After his return to New York in 1959, his artistic circle of friends included photographer Peter Hujar, as well as Joseph Raffaele, artist Eva Hesse and Ann Wilson, in addition to Gene Swenson and Susan Sontag.

Red Wilson

Wilson was the primary catcher for Tigers pitcher Frank Lary, who was known as "The Yankee Killer" because of his 16–3 record against the Yankees with Wilson catching.

Robert Whittaker

s under Whittaker include Walter Westman, Robert Peet (now at University of North Carolina), Susan Bratton (now at Baylor University), Thomas Wentworth (now at North Carolina State University), Owen Sholes (now at Assumption College), Mark Wilson (now at Oregon State University), Linda Olsvig-Whittaker (now at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority) and Kerry Woods (now at Bennington College).

Samanala Sandhawaniya

Samanala Sandhwaniya (සමනල සංධ්වනිය ), also known as Butterfly Symphony is a 2013 Romantic film directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri and starring Yashoda Wimaladharma, Uddika Premarathna, Pubudu Chathuranga, Wilson Gunarathne, Punsiri Dayaruwan, Buddhadasa Withanachchi, Roger Seneviratne and Chathurika Peiris.

Seán Mac Eoin

In June 1921 Wilson was petitioned for clemency by MacEoin's mother (who referred to her son as "John" in her letter), by his own brother Jemmy, and by the local Church of Ireland vicar, and passed on the appeals out of respect for the latter two individuals.

Siege of Tobruk

On 6 April, Lieutenant-General Philip Neame—by that time the military governor of Cyrenaica (Wilson had been sent to command W Force in Greece)—withdrew his headquarters to Tmimi, west of Tobruk.

Ten Tragic Days

Following the call on Madero during which Ambassador Wilson, with the British minister Francis Stronge and the German minister Paul von Hintze told President Madero that they protested against his continuing hostilities, Ambassador Wilson, accompanied by the British minister, went to the arsenal, called on Felix Díaz, and as Ambassador Wilson reports to Secretary Philander Knox that day, 'urged that firing be confined to a particular zone.

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius is also referenced in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, when Tony Wilson's character is recited an excerpt of "The Consolation of Philosophy" by a panhandler to whom he has just given pocket change.

The Mine with the Iron Door

While shooting the film the cast and crew stayed at the Triangle L Ranch and the Wilson Ranch (Rancho Linda Vista) outside of Oracle, Arizona off Historic US Route 80.

The Sea Ghost

In 1925 New Orleans, lawyer Henry Sykes (Clarence Wilson) hires now civilian Captain Winters for a salvage job on behalf of Evelyn Inchcape (Laura La Plante).

The Stuff of Legend

In 2010, Wilson was nominated for the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award for his work on The Stuff of Legend.

Thioflavin

The dye is widely used to visualize and quantify the presence of misfolded protein aggregates called amyloid, both in vitro and in vivo (e.g., plaques composed of amyloid beta found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients).

Thomas Braidwood Wilson

When the township was formed it took the name of Braidwood in his honour because Wilson relinquished an area from the western end of his property to be used as the site for the new town.

Wade Wilson

Wade Wilson, the alter ego of fictional comic character Deadpool, an identity possibly stolen from his nemesis, T-Ray

Wally Grout

Grout loved billiards, and met champion Indian billiards player Wilson Jones in Kolkata in 1960; the test team cheered Wilson in the World Amateur Billiards Championship, which was being held at the same time as the test.

Walter Bartley Wilson

He was born in St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, the son of Thomas Wilson, a brushmaker, and Sarah Hathaway, a teacher.

Wilson Surubim

Edwilson de Lima Florêncio also known as Wilson Surubim (born on 28 March 1980 in Toritama) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Sociedade Esportiva Ypiranga Futebol Clube.

Zal Cleminson

In 2006 he appeared in his début acting role as Wilson in the western film, A Shot in the West, for which he wrote the theme music.


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