Same here...it's a race against time for those of us with loved ones who are entering the age where early detection would be essential for treatment.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Gel, > > Thanks for posting this, I forwarded this to my mom. I'm hoping that this > drug will make it to the states in time to help my father before he's too > far gone. > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > 4405 Oakshyre Way > Raleigh, NC 27616 > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:24 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Breakthrough drug could halt Alzheimers > > > http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/30/alzheimer.drug/index.htm > l?iref=mpstoryview > > "ritish researchers say a new drug could effectively halt the > progression of Alzheimer's disease, offering hope to millions. > Breakthrough drug 'could halt' Alzheimer's > > The pioneering research -- a joint initiative between the University > of Aberdeen in the UK and Singapore-based TauRx Therapeutics -- was > announced this week at the Alzheimer's Association International > Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2008) in Chicago. > > The product -- remberTM -- is the first drug to act on the "tangles" > discovered by Alois Alzheimer over a century ago. Tangles are made up > of the protein, tau, which forms inside nerve cells in the brain. > > According to Aberdeen University, the drug works by dissolving these > tau fibers to prevent a build up of tangles which destroy nerve cells > and neurons critical for memory. > > Trials were carried out on 321 people with mild and moderate > Alzheimer's disease in the UK and Singapore. Patients with mild to > moderate Alzheimer's disease were given either 30, 60 or 100mg of the > drug or a placebo. > > The 60mg dose produced the most pronounced effect, with those with > both mild and moderate Alzheimer's experiencing an 81 percent > reduction in mental decline after 50 weeks. > > Those on rember did not experience a significant decline in their > mental function over 19 months, while those on placebo got worse." > > Good news, go science go. :) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264976 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
