Inside One Couple’s Experimental Treatment to Battle Alzheimer’s Disease
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JoAnn Wooding is staring intently at the clear liquid dripping from a dark brown IV bag into her husband Peter’s arm. “Please be the drug, please be the drug,” she says. Married for more than 50 years, the Woodings are among the more than 5 million Americans who are facing Alzheimer’s disease, one of the most devastating diagnoses today.
But instead of accepting the slow descent into memory loss, confusion and dementia, Peter–who has the disease–could be among the first to successfully stop that decline from happening.
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Neuroscientists reverse Alzheimer’s disease in mice
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Neuroscientists reverse Alzheimer’s disease in mice
| February 19, 2018 |
 | Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute have completely reversed the formation of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease by gradually depleting an enzyme called BACE1. The procedure also improved the animals’ cognitive function. The study, published February 14 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, raises hopes that drugs targeting this …more… |
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