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Anti-dementia drugs will soon start clinical trials
brian wang | April 22, 2017 |
Anti-dementia drugs will start clinical trials | NextBigFuture.com
Awesome news that will help increase the quality of life.
brian wang | April 22, 2017 |
Two drugs have been found that have a protective effect on the brain and are already safely used in people. Prof Giovanna Mallucci, from the MRC Toxicology Unit in Leicester, wants to start human clinical trials on dementia patients soon and expects to know whether the drugs work within two to three years.
When a virus hijacks a brain cell it leads to a build-up of viral proteins.
Cells respond by shutting down nearly all protein production in order to halt the virus’s spread.
Many neurodegenerative diseases involve the production of faulty proteins that activate the same defenses, but with more severe consequences.
The brain cells shut down production for so long that they eventually starve themselves to death.
This process, repeated in neurons throughout the brain, can destroy movement, memory or even kill, depending on the disease.
Anti-dementia drugs will start clinical trials | NextBigFuture.com
Awesome news that will help increase the quality of life.