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Although there needs to be done a more substantial test, people in the environment of the patients notice the improvements and this is a very positive development.
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Category Archives: Treatment
Stop one protein and prevent Alzheimer’s
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Alzheimer’s disease can be prevented by stopping a crucial brain protein from turning rogue, a study in mice suggests.
Lars Ittner at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and his colleagues have pinpointed a crucial enzyme that controls how tau proteins behave in the brain. The enzyme, called p38γ kinase, helps keep tau in a healthy, tangle-free state, preventing the onset of memory loss and other symptoms in mice that have been bred to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
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Finally a cure?
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By the close of this year, the Indianapolis-based Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company Lilly , whose products have included the antidepressant Prozac and human insulin, will release the results of Expedition 3, a study testing a drug that targets amyloid in persons with mild stage dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. Its subjects are unique. They don’t simply have Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed by a careful history and exam. They have a brain scan showing amyloid accumulation.
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Another breakthrough with potential for Alzheimer’s
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Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have presented findings on an experimental drug they say could offer new hope. The drug, called NTRX-07, was used in animal studies and appears to have diminished some of the effects that Alzheimer’s has on the brain.
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Hope and concern about a new Alzheimer’s drug
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The results are promising but the research continues as the side effects remain. Read the whole story and you will be enthusiastic and concerned too.
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Treating Alzheimer’s with gene injection??!!
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Alzheimer’s disease could be stopped in its tracks with an injection into the memory centres of the brain to boost a gene which clears out destructive sticky plaques, scientists believe.
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