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A cure for Alzheimer’s Disease does not exist just yet, but researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) are one step closer to finding one.
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Category Archives: Drugs
Blood Pressure Med Might Help Fight Alzheimer’s
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Treatment with blood pressure medication can improve blood flow to a key brain region in people with Alzheimer’s disease, a small clinical trial has found.
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Is this why we make more progress with cancer vs Alzheimer’s
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Alzheimer’s drugs cost seven times more than cancer drugs to develop
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Status of Alzheimer’s research
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There are roughly 326 active, recruiting or enrolling by invitation clinical trials on the elusive disease, per clinicaltrial.gov. The U.S. last year dramatically stepped up funding for Alzheimer’s disease research, from $400 million a year to over $2 billion annually, although the Alzheimer’s Association says more is needed.
The biggest problem: Scientists still don’t know the cause of Alzheimer’s.
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Alzheimer’s drug passes first phase of human testing
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Here is a new drug that seemed effective for mice and now has been found safe for humans, so the next step it to test it on patients with Alzheimer’s. Exciting times
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Failed trial
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The companies developing aducanumab, Biogen and its partner Eisai, announced that they halted two late-stage trials of the experimental drug after an independent group’s analysis showed that the trials were unlikely to “meet their primary endpoint.”
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech giant joins a long list of companies in the last decade that have failed to find a treatment for Alzheimer’s.
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