Did we find an effective Alzheimer drug?

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Unfortunately not. Here the sad story about another two drugs that have failed in the trials.

Both bapineuzumab and solanezumab did not improve patients’ ability to think and solve problems, according to findings published in the Jan. 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Alzheimer crime

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Alzheimer is big business. If you think about the millions of people who suffer from this disease and then think about how much they would spend on drugs that effectively keep the disease at bay or even cure the problem. There are in this world always people out to get rich by unfair practices and here is the story of a scientist who was allegedly used in a plot to get insider knowledge about the success of a drug development.

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A drug for Alzheimer in five years? Really?

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We get these stories from time to time and we pass them on to you, our readers. This one looks more promising than other stories but we don’t like to spread false hope. At this moment there are only a few therapies available and they only work for a limited time frame to delay the unavoidable run of the disease.

This new drug has not been effective with patients in later stages but it is now believed it would be effective in patients with an early development of Alzheimer.

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Recycled Alzheimer Trials

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A new startup will take a second look at the data from failed Alzheimer trials and try to come up with other uses or target more specifically the cases where the particular treatment or drug would work.

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A cure for Parkinson, Huntington and Alzheimer?

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It is too early to call it a cure but scientist have now really set a step in the right direction. In a nutshell this research came up with a chemical that prevents brain tissue from dying, thus generating very good results in mice. This will be a great path to explore.

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Alzheimer research in USA Today

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USA today presents a great overview of everything alzheimer on their page and in their paper today. There is a video, a discussion of the state of research and links to other resources and articles. This is a great read!

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