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.
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
His genes forecast Alzheimer’s. His brain had other plans. (Links to an external site)
Conquering Alzheimer’s: a look at the therapies of the future (Links to an external site)
Seeking Alzheimer’s clues from few who escape genetic fate (Links to an external site)
Could drugs prevent Alzheimer’s? These trials aim to find out (Links to an external site)
The Search for a Drug to End Alzheimer’s (Links to an external site)
Some antiamyloids remove target plaques from the brain, yet don’t seem to halt cognitive decline. Researchers are working to understand why.