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Posted By engineer 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & TechnologyA daily capsule of rember, as the drug is known, stops Alzheimer' s disease progressing by as much as 81 per cent, according to trial results.
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Patients with the brain disorder had no significant decline in their mental function over a 19-month period.
‘We appear to be bringing the worst affected parts of the brain functionally back to life,’ said Dr Claude Wischik, who led the research.
It is the first time medication has been developed to target the ‘tangles’ in the brain that destroy nerve cells, leading to deteriorating memory.
The drug helps to disrupt this process, preventing the formation of new tangles and loosening those already created.
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