Alzheimer; News from the web:
When you care for someone with Alzheimer it may be a good idea to take your pet along when you visit them.
The person with Alzheimer needs to like pets though but there are lots of benefits of letting the patient have contact with a pet. Read up about it in our link for today.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified a crucial molecule that could put the brakes on the damage to the brain:
Samuel Cohen, who led the study at the University of Cambridge, said: “The big advantage is that we haven’t just come up with a drug and not really understood what it is doing. We’ve come up with a general strategy that could work.”
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
We wrote about the testing done in Colombia about three years ago HERE and highlighted the article in the NYtimes HERE .
In our link below a TV documentary with an update on this large family with Alzheimer and the mutation in the disease that may yet hold the key to a solution. The study is planned to be concluded in 2020 so nothing goes fast with this horrible disease but at least there is optimism about a potential new path for finding a cure.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Interesting article in our link for today, highlighting the early success in mice with IL-10 blockers and reviewing some of the other research models in progress.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Watch the video with a description of new studies coming or underway in 2015 that may lead to an improvement of the five available Alzheimer drugs.
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