Category Archives: Drugs

Alzheimer’s breakthrough?

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Could it be true this time?

Researchers in the U.K. have found that blocking a receptor in the brain that regulates immune cells could “protect against the memory and behavior changes seen in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.”

According to a news release from the University of Southampton, the research by scientists looking into how Alzheimer’s progresses in the human brain has added to evidence that “inflammation in the brain can in fact drive the development of the disease.”

The study’s findings, published on Friday in the journal Brain, point to the disease potentially being halted if inflammation in the brain is reduced, with hopes of an effective new treatment being developed as a result.

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Forget raloxifene as a remedy for Alzheimer’s

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One small study had earlier talked that this drug could potentially help woman with early stages of Alzheimer’s. A new study however, has now determined that there is no effect at all. The study is small so it will need another larger study to confirm.

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More than one Alzheimer’s?

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A study done in August suggested that there may be more sorts of Alzheimer’s disease; inflammatory, noninflammatory and cortical.

They would each need different treatment and it may be the reason why lots of drug have failed so far.

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An experimental Alzheimer’s drug

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Alzheimer’s trial

  • The trial: 200 people globally with a family history of Alzheimer’s
  • The drug: Targets amyloids that build up and create plaques in the brain, it binds to them and is flushed from the brain preventing brain damage
  • Who it can help: Initially potentially people with a genetic predisposition but hopefully people with Alzheimer’s generally, Parkinson’s disease and other kinds of dementia
    For more information: www.brainpet.org

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