Drug Found to Reverse the Ravages of Alzheimer's

Researchers have identified a compound that could significantly improve treatment of Alzheimer's disease. When administered to mice engineered to develop hallmarks of the disease, the drug reversed cognitive decline and reduced the two types of brain lesions--plaques and tangles--that occur in Alzheimer's patients. Drug Found to Reverse the Ravages of Alzheimer's in Mice

Alzheimer's progress 'halted by new drug'Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom... In the brain of an elderly Alzheimer's patient, protein molecules clump together to ... on blocking the formation of plaques from a molecule called beta amyloid. ...
New drug shows promise in the treatment of Alzheimer's diseaseArs Technica - Boston,MA,USAAnother Alzheimer's disease (AD) post today, and one that we might remember fondly in ... These come in two forms, neurofibrillary tangles and beta-amyloid plaques ...
Amyloid beta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAmyloid beta (Aβ or Abeta) is a protein fragment of 39-42 amino acids that is... in various neurological disorders, most prominently Alzheimer's disease. ...