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University of Washington scientists have begun testing two new drugs they hope will ease the symptoms and possibly prolong the useful lives of Alzheimer's disease patients, a group that is destined to grow by multitudes in the decades to come. Researchers hope the drugs, which take a new approach to the disease, will do a better job than the current generation of medications that slow progression for only a few years. "Right now in Alzheimer's disease, these [two new] drugs are the great hope," said Dr. Elaine Peskind, associate director of the UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle. One of the new medications seeks to remove the brain-altering plaque that partially causes Alzheimer's; the other is designed to prevent its production, Peskind said. UW testing new medicines in Alzheimer's fight

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