Forget The Super Bowl? Blows To The Head Increase Likelihood Of Memory Loss

Feb. 16, 2010 - PRLog -- Madison, Wis--February 16, 2010—Memory loss (http://prevagen.com/MemoryLoss.html) is a big problem for professional football players.  The Saints have won the Super Bowl and the question many are beginning to ask concerns the player's health, “How many of these players will remember the game five or ten years from now?”  

Growing concern over head trauma sustained by athletes, especially football players, has raised questions about how to protect athletes from debilitating conditions such as memory loss.  Quincy Bioscience offers promising biotech development of a protein to help regulate calcium in the brain.*

The problem of memory loss http://www.prevagen.com/MemoryLoss.html in football is gaining widespread attention.  Nearly every week this past football season fans heard about a concussion keeping a marquee player sidelined.  The N.F.L. was called to congressional hearings this past October to discuss player safety and the changing league policies designed to better protect players after a study was released that found ex-players at a 19 times higher risk of dementia than the general population.

Quincy Bioscience, a Madison Wisconsin-based biotechnology company is developing a technology that may offer help to these athletes through the development of a jellyfish protein which buffers brain calcium.  According to Quincy Bioscience president Mark Underwood, “As an apparent protective mechanism, the brain elevates calcium levels within the neurons after a trauma,” says Underwood.  “It’s the elevated calcium levels that can inactivate, and potentially kill the neurons, bringing about cognitive dysfunction, memory loss, and in some cases dementia in the athletes.”

Quincy Bioscience launched Prevagen® which contains the jellyfish-derived protective protein.  “We have demonstrated the added protein’s ability to keep brain cells alive in animal tissues and we are hopeful these techniques crossover to humans who have suffered trauma to the brain in the past and now find themselves having difficulty thinking, remembering, and concentrating.”*

Quincy Bioscience http://www.quincybioscience.com is a biotechnology company based in Madison, Wisconsin.  Quincy Bioscience is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel compounds to fight the aging process.  

The company's products focus on restoring calcium balance related to neurodegenerative disorders and other destructive age-related mechanisms.  Quincy Bioscience is developing health applications of the jellyfish protein apoaequorin for dietary supplement and pharmaceutical products.  

The company’s first product, Prevagen http://www.prevagen.com, was launched in the fall of 2007 and is intended to supplement the loss of critical calcium-binding proteins depleted in the normal course of healthy aging.

* These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Quincy Bioscience (www.quincybioscience.com) is a biotechnology company based in Madison, Wisconsin. Quincy Bioscience is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel compounds to fight the aging process.