An Oral Drug Might Repair Brain Damage Caused by Alzheimer’s

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  1. Lerner

    Lerner Well-Known Member

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/oral-drug-might-repair-brain-194518479.html


    "There are nearly 6 million adults in the U.S. with Alzheimer’s disease. The disorder typically strikes before age 60 and it has no cure, although there are drugs that can alleviate memory symptoms and other cognitive changes.

    However, scientists may be on the cusp of a treatment that can stop Alzheimer’s disease in its tracks. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, a group of researchers led by neuroscientists at Yale University uncovered an experimental drug taken orally that appears to reverse brain damage in mice afflicted by Alzheimer’s, and could protect the brain from future damage for at least one month. If its success and remarkable safety can be replicated in future clinical trials in humans, the new drug, called BMS-984923, may save countless Alzheimer’s patients. It could even prevent the disease outright for those who are at risk."
     
  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    I want to be excited about this, but the road from "promising animal trials" to "available pharmaceutical" is long and uncertain, to put it mildly.
     
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