Researchers find a hint at how to delay Alzheimer’s symptoms. Now they have to prove it (Links to an external site)
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Small study hints anti-amyloid therapy may keep Alzheimer’s symptoms at bay in certain patients (Links to an external site)
For the first time, scientists say, they have evidence that using a biologic drug to remove sticky beta amyloid plaques from the brains of people destined to develop Alzheimer’s dementia can delay the disease.
Safety and efficacy of long-term gantenerumab treatment in dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease:
An open-label extension of the phase 2/3 multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled platform DIAN-TU trial Randall J Bateman, Yan Li, Eric M McDade, Jorge J Llibre-Guerra, David B Clifford, Alireza Atri, Susan L Mills, Anna M Santacruz, Guoqiao Wang,Charlene Supnet, Tammie L S Benzinger, Brian A Gordon, Laura Ibanez, Gregory Klein, Monika Baudler, Rachelle S Doody, […]
Anti-amyloid drug shows signs of preventing Alzheimer’s dementia (Links to an external site)
Clinical trial of people destined to develop early-onset Alzheimer’s disease shows eliminating amyloid from brain may prevent symptoms, supports need for confirmatory studies
Scientists Announce Possible Breakthrough in Delaying Alzheimer’s (Links to an external site)
Research announced today is the first of its kind to suggest that anti-amyloid drugs can delay or even stop the progression of symptoms in people with early-onset Alzheimer’s.
His genes forecast Alzheimer’s. His brain had other plans. (Links to an external site)
Patient defies genetic fate to avoid Alzheimer’s (Links to an external site)
Study offers clues to treatment, prevention
The landscape of autosomal-dominant Alzheimer’s disease: global distribution and age of onset
Haiyan Liu, Thomas W Marsh, Xinyu Shi, Alan E Renton, Kevin M Bowling, Ellen Ziegemeier, Guoqiao Wang, Yuchen Cao, Alisha Aristel, Jessie Li, Alexa Dickson, Richard J Perrin, Alison M Goate, Victoria Fernández, Gregory S Day, Michelle Doering, Alisha Daniels, Brian A Gordon, Tammie L S Benzinger, Jason Hassenstab, Laura Ibanez, Charlene Supnet-Bell, Chengjie Xiong, Ricardo Allegri, Sarah B Berman, Nick C Fox, Natalie Ryan, Edward D Huey, Jonathan Vöglein, James M Noble, Jee Hoon Roh, Mathias Jucker, Christoph Laske, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Raquel Sanchez-Valle, Peter R Schofield, Patricio Chrem Mendez, Jasmeer P […]
Can a Drug Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease Decades Before It Happens? (Links to an external site)
Scientists are testing an experimental anti-amyloid antibody in people expected to develop early-onset Alzheimer’s.
International Alzheimer’s prevention trial in young adults begins (Links to an external site)
WashU Medicine-led trial evaluating investigational drug from Eli Lilly and Company aims to stop disease before symptoms arise