Eagerly awaited data on the most promising drug in treating Alzheimer’s disease is set to be unveiled later today
Patients and scientists hope it could become the first medication to slow the pace of brain decline. The decline in Alzheimer’s is unstoppable – drugs can help with symptoms, but nothing prevents the inexorable death of brain cells.
Hints at the drug’s effectiveness will be outlined, but Solanezumab* has been the great hope of dementia research. It targets deformed proteins called amyloid that build up in the brain during Alzheimer’s. It is thought the formation of sticky plaques of amyloid between nerve cells leads to damage and eventually brain cell death.
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Read about the drug Solanezumab*
http://www.alzforum.org/therapeutics/solanezumab
Filed under: Dementia, Alzheimer's cure, Dementia, Solanezumab
