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Leading Alzheimer's Disease Researcher Mark A. Smith, PhD Named Scientific Advisor at Advana Science

Date:5/21/2009

KIRKLAND, Wash., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Advana Science (www.advanascience.com) announced that Mark A. Smith, PhD, a leading researcher in Alzheimer's disease, has been named scientific advisor to the Company. According to the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (Volume 16, Issue 3), Dr. Smith was ranked third in the world among the Top 100 Alzheimer's disease investigators in March 2009. Dr. Smith brings over 20 years of research experience focused on investigating the pathological mechanisms underlying selective neuronal death in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and is the executive director of the American Aging Association. As a professor at Case Western Reserve University since 1992, Dr. Smith also serves as the director of Basic Science Research of the University's Memory and Cognition Center.

"Advana Science is delivering on the ideal of advanced preventative and natural therapeutics derived from the latest scientific research," explained Dr. Smith. "The high quality amyloid research available to Advana Science is important because it offers safe, consumer access to natural-based applications available through nutraceutical and functional food products."

According to the 2009 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures from the Alzheimer's Association:

Every 70 seconds, someone develops Alzheimer's.
As many as 5.3 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's.
Alzheimer's is the seventh-leading cause of death.
The direct and indirect costs of Alzheimer's and other dementias to Medicare, Medicaid and businesses amount to more than $148 billion each year.

Pharmaceutical drugs currently approved specifically to treat Alzheimer symptoms all ac
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