Drug Discovery Yields New Hope for Alzheimer’s
Sharing an abbreviated version of this important article from Health Freedom Alliance.
“A drug that’s already being used to treat strokes could hold promise in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists from the University of South Australia and Third Military Medical University in China discovered that a drug called Edaravone could alleviate the progressive cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Available in some Asian countries, Edaravone is used to treat ischemic stroke, the most common kind that occurs due to blood clots.
When tested on mice, the drug improved functions of learning and memory by several different mechanisms, according to lead author Professor Xin-Fu Zhou of UniSA. He says the multi-faceted approach could be key in treating Alzheimer’s because several pathways require targeting to keep symptoms at bay.
It can also hinder production of amyloid beta, a series of amino acid peptides that play a key role in the progression of Alzheimer’s as the main component of the amyloid plaques that form in the afflicted brain.”
Read the whole article here:
Drug Discover Yields New Hope for Alzheimer’s
by Samantha Hemmingway
http://www.healthfreedoms.org/drug-discovery-yields-new-hope-for-alzheimers/
Personal update: In less than three years my mother has diminished from fully functioning to not knowing who I am.
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