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Biotech / Medical : T/FIF, a New Plateau

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To: Icebrg who wrote (2165)8/19/2003 4:47:21 PM
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>> Cortex Pharmaceuticals COR >>

Some words from DARPA on their research on Ampakines.


DARPA’s Bio-Revolution thrust has four broad elements:
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Let me give you some example of our work here
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Our Continuous Assisted Performance (CAP) program is investigating ways to prevent fatigue and enable soldiers to stay awake, alert, and effective for up to 7 consecutive days without suffering any deleterious mental or physical effects and without using any of the current generation of stimulants.

In a recent series of studies, a new class of drugs, ampakines, has been identified that appears to be effective in eliminating the negative effects of sleep deprivation. Monkeys deprived of sleep for 30 hours showed complete recovery from cognitive, brain electrical signal, and brain metabolism defects when given the drug. We are aggressively pursuing development of these drugs as replacements for current stimulants.


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