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Cure for Alzheimer's

Biotech drugs, which are made from living cells, provide some of the best efforts at curing diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and HIV. Recently, the Food & Drug Administration approved a drug made from bioengineered goats that treats patients with a rare blood clotting disorder. A report from the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America from late 2008 claimed there are 633 new drugs from bioengineered materials in the works.

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