Alzheimer's drug study gives 'tantalising' results

DA60 said:

'A drug that destroys the characteristic protein plaques that build up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's is showing "tantalising" promise, scientists say.
Experts are cautious because the drug, Aducanumab, is still in the early stages of development.
But a study in Nature has shown it is safe and hinted that it halts memory decline.
Larger studies are now under way to fully evaluate the drug's effects.
The build-up of amyloid in the brain has been a treatment target for many years.'

Alzheimer's drug study gives 'tantalising' results - BBC News

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RetiredUSN said:

Thanks for posting this, and lets hope the drug is found to be safe.

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DA60 said:

'A drug that destroys the characteristic protein plaques that build up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's is showing "tantalising" promise, scientists say.
Experts are cautious because the drug, Aducanumab, is still in the early stages of development.
But a study in Nature has shown it is safe and hinted that it halts memory decline.
Larger studies are now under way to fully evaluate the drug's effects.
The build-up of amyloid in the brain has been a treatment target for many years.'

Alzheimer's drug study gives 'tantalising' results - BBC News

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Beaudreaux said:

My father-in-law was diagnosed with Amyloidosis in 2000 and was given 3 months to live. That disease is when the same protein that causes Alzheimer's - Amyloid - comes out of the blood stream in the body instead of the head, and causes the same damage to soft tissue organs that it does to the brain - creates hard plaques that solidify the tissue. My wife and I researched for days and found a doctor at the University of Tennessee that had committed his life to the study of Amyloid. That doctor helped my father-in-law live for another 11 years. The US FDA wouldn't allow him to use his drug he invented on humans. I worked with my Congressman and Senators to force the FDA to allow the doctor to treat people, if they signed a document basically turning their lives over to medical experimentation. Like I said, it extended my father-in-laws life by 11 years.

The drug invented by my father-in-law's doctor at UT, is the same drug being discussed in the article. The UT doctor had to sign over his research, including the success he had with my father-in-law, to Biogen (who named it Aducanumab because he didn't have a name for the drug) and European universities for confirmation of his research,to get it out of the FDA's stranglehold here in the US. He's happy that it's making headway now. His primary concern was not enriching himself or the pharmaceutical companies, but saving lives.

I can attest, that the drug made the Amyloid plaques disappear, and the tissue recovered like it had never been solidified. The doctor at UT was not allowed to administer the drug to "Alzheimer's" patients. But Amyloidosis patients like my father-in-law, that also had Alzheimer's as well, were allowed to get the treatments and the Amyloid disappeared from his entire body, including his brain. He died a the age of 87 from age related issues, not from Amyloidosis or Alzheimer's. Yet he had 11 more years of life that he would not have had otherwise.

The drug works.

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Beaudreaux said:

My father-in-law was diagnosed with Amyloidosis in 2000 and was given 3 months to live. That disease is when the same protein that causes Alzheimer's - Amyloid - comes out of the blood stream in the body instead of the head, and causes the same damage to soft tissue organs that it does to the brain - creates hard plaques that solidify the tissue. My wife and I researched for days and found a doctor at the University of Tennessee that had committed his life to the study of Amyloid. That doctor helped my father-in-law live for another 11 years. The US FDA wouldn't allow him to use his drug he invented on humans. I worked with my Congressman and Senators to force the FDA to allow the doctor to treat people, if they signed a document basically turning their lives over to medical experimentation. Like I said, it extended my father-in-laws life by 11 years.

The drug invented by my father-in-law's doctor at UT, is the same drug being discussed in the article. The UT doctor had to sign over his research, including the success he had with my father-in-law, to Biogen (who named it Aducanumab because he didn't have a name for the drug) and European universities for confirmation of his research,to get it out of the FDA's stranglehold here in the US. He's happy that it's making headway now. His primary concern was not enriching himself or the pharmaceutical companies, but saving lives.

I can attest, that the drug made the Amyloid plaques disappear, and the tissue recovered like it had never been solidified. The doctor at UT was not allowed to administer the drug to "Alzheimer's" patients. But Amyloidosis patients like my father-in-law, that also had Alzheimer's as well, were allowed to get the treatments and the Amyloid disappeared from his entire body, including his brain. He died a the age of 87 from age related issues, not from Amyloidosis or Alzheimer's. Yet he had 11 more years of life that he would not have had otherwise.

The drug works.

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DA60 said:

'A drug that destroys the characteristic protein plaques that build up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's is showing "tantalising" promise, scientists say.
Experts are cautious because the drug, Aducanumab, is still in the early stages of development.
But a study in Nature has shown it is safe and hinted that it halts memory decline.
Larger studies are now under way to fully evaluate the drug's effects.
The build-up of amyloid in the brain has been a treatment target for many years.'

Alzheimer's drug study gives 'tantalising' results - BBC News

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Threegoofs said:

....aaaaaannd, the class is dead.

https://endpts.com/its-over-eli-lil...-alzheimers-drug-solanezumab-ends-in-failure/

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DA60 said:

That is too bad. My father died of Alzheimer's and I was hoping this was a cure for others.

Oh well.

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