Researchers have found a protein that seems to protect brain cells …
Jul 24, 2024 · A study of 48 post-mortem brains found a protein that appears to protect brain cells from Alzheimer's — even in people who had significant amounts of amyloid plaques in their brains.
With new therapies that promise to slow Alzheimer’s disease ... - CNN
Jul 16, 2023 · Under new draft guidelines for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, unveiled on Sunday at a large international gathering of physicians and researchers, these memory tests would take a...
Alzheimer's timeline shows changes start as trickle, become …
2 days ago · Alzheimer’s timeline shows neuron ... Health News A study of cells from 84 brains finds ... The findings suggest that Alzheimer's treatments are most likely to help early in the disease, and ...
First Alzheimer’s drug to slow disease progression gets full FDA ...
Jul 7, 2023 · CNN — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted traditional full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, the first medicine proven to slow the course of the memory-robbing...
Alzheimer’s disease may damage the brain in two phases
Oct 15, 2024 · Scientists analyzed the brains of 84 people, and the results, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that damage to one type of cell, called an inhibitory neuron, during the early phase may trigger the neural circuit problems that underlie the disease.
Start of new era for Alzheimer’s treatment — Harvard Gazette
Jun 5, 2023 · Researchers say we appear to be at the start of a new era for Alzheimer’s treatment. Trial results published in January showed that for the first time a drug has been able to slow the cognitive decline characteristic of the disease.
Second Alzheimer’s drug to slow disease’s progression may be ... - CNN
Jul 17, 2023 · The full approval this month of the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi marked a historic shift in the treatment of the disease: For the first time, doctors have a medicine to prescribe that has been...
FDA fully approves Leqembi, first drug shown to slow Alzheimer's ...
Jul 6, 2023 · The Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the first drug shown to slow down Alzheimer's disease. The action means that Leqembi, whose generic name is lecanemab, should be widely...
Conquering Alzheimer’s: a look at the therapies of the future
Apr 4, 2023 · Alzheimer’s disease has a long, silent beginning. First, plaques — clumps of sticky amyloid-β proteins — start to gather in the brain. They quickly become surrounded by immune cells called...
Lilly's Alzheimer’s drug that can slow disease gets ... - NBC News
Jun 10, 2024 · By The Associated Press. A closely watched Alzheimer’s drug from Eli Lilly won the backing of federal health advisers on Monday, setting the stage for the treatment’s expected approval for...