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Will we ever find a cure?
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The New York Times has a great article today, read it in our link below.
“The field is desperate, and we all want something to work,” said Dr. Reisa Sperling, director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
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(our blog will be on a short break to celebrate the US Thanksgiving, back on Monday)
New UK trial for Alzheimer’s remedy
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The NIHR University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Clinical Research Facility in the UK has initiated a clinical trial, DESPIAD, to assess a new treatment called miridesap for Alzheimer’s disease.
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The new Alzheimer’s drug is coming
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Good explanation of why it is so difficult to develop an Alzheimer’s drug and which one is leading the pack.
Expect next year some results about these hopeful developments.
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Drugs to vaccinate over-50s against Alzheimer’s
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Will take another decade to come and the development seems to cost about $10B
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New research promising for prevention of cognitive decline
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A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has provided researchers important insights about an enzyme within the brain that plays a critical role in Alzheimer’s.
The UTMB researchers found that blocking the enzyme helped prevent memory loss in mice.
The enzyme is a promising target for developing medications to prevent cognitive decline. The study was recently published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions.
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