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Samaritan's collaborative researchers have made important patented discoveries in the fields of, central nervous system diseases, such as, Alzheimer's disease; cancer; cardiovascular disease; and infectious diseases, such as, AIDS, and Hepatitis C. These discoveries have positioned us with a rich pipeline of new drugs with novel mechanisms of actions to develop.
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Alzheimer's Disease
Blood Diagnostic
CNS / Alzheimer's Disease
In Samaritan's quest to find an accurate diagnostic, inventors have surprisingly found that central nervous system DHEA is increased in patients having Alzheimer's, in contrast to decreased levels of DHEA found in the periphery (blood). Although this finding agrees with previous reports that DHEA levels in Alzheimer's patients are abnormally low and have been recommending taking DHEA supplements as a means of prevention, it suggests that brain DHEA formation is separate from peripheral DHEA levels, thus questioning the use of DHEA as a means of Alzheimer's disease prevention.

Samaritan inventors have identified a distinct mechanism for DHEA formation in brain from precursors that they are able to follow in the blood; using a chemical reaction, that allows the prediction of DHEA levels in brain. This research has been the basis of Samaritan's Alzheimer's diagnostic test and granting of research funds from the National Institute of Health (NIH).

Samaritan Pharmaceuticals has a simple blood test that is believed to detect early damage resulting from Alzheimer's. Currently, there are no diagnostic kits on the market for the detection of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease at the present time. The disadvantage in treating neurodegenerative diseases is the inablility to determine the onset of the disease. With 360,000 new Alzheimer's cases reported each year in the U.S., this diagnostic kit will benefit every individual over 55 years and older through a simple method of detecting the increase of DHEA in blood serum.

Journals:
Neuropharmacology 2005; in press
Pharmacology 2005; 74:65-78
Neurobiology of Aging, 2003, 24-1:57-65
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2002,83:1110-1119
Steroids, 2004 Jan; 69(1):1-16