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Alzheimer’s Notes

Links to Recent Alzheimer’s Research.

by Liz Lewis on March 27th, 2007

microscope3.jpgSarasota’s Roskamp Institute Announces Positive Safety Data in Human Clincal Study For Alzheimer’s Disease - The Roskamp Institute announced this month that it has had positive preliminary results in it’s first human clinical study of the drug Nilvadipine. In pre-clinical trials, Nilvadipine was found to decrease the level of beta amyloid, a protein believed to cause the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Head injuries and Alzheimer’s - Looks at the research that has been done on the relationship between head injuries and dementia.

Old study Could Aid Mental Health - Help the Aged, a charity in Scotland, believes that a 60 year old Scottish Mental Health Study could hold information that might help develop new treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease and similar conditions.

(Photo: Rob ‘n’ Rae)

POSTED IN: Alzheimer's/General, Alzheimer's/Misc, Alzheimer's/News, Alzheimer's/Research

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