Alzheimer’s Notes

Alzheimer’s News From Around the World.

by Liz Lewis on June 24th, 2008

New drug may mitigate Alzheimer’s disease - “A U.S. scientist says he and his German colleagues have created an experimental medicine that might mitigate the effects of Alzheimer’s disease…” (more)

Scientists Isolate a Toxic Key to Alzheimer’s Disease - “Scientists have long questioned whether the abundant amounts of amyloid plaques found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s actually caused the neurological disease or were a by-product of its progress. Now, using new research techniques, scientists have shown that a two-molecule aggregate (or dimer) of beta-amyloid protein fragments may play a role in initiating the disease…” (more)

Researchers Study an Alzheimer’s Disease Vaccination - “Saint Louis University researchers are studying whether an investigational intravenous drug given to patients who have been diagnosed with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease can enhance the body’s own immune response in fighting the disease…” (more)

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