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Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain illness that
causes the victim to become confused and lose his
cognitive functions. That means, as the disease
progresses, he becomes unable to learn, think clearly,
remember or retain information, reason out, make
judgments, and do any of his normal everyday activities.
Pretty soon, he even loses his ability to communicate,
forcing him to withdraw from his environment.
People suffering from this tragic disease need our
constant care and attention. But more than that, they
need an Alzheimer’s cure. The only problem is that there
is no Alzheimer’s cure, to date, and only very little
treatment available. However, with the increase in
Alzheimer’s cases over the course of a decade, much of
the research now going on has been focused on finding an
Alzheimer’s cure and fast.
Taking out its Roots
Any gardener would tell you that the only way to kill
weeds is to pull it out by its roots. Shear off its top
and it would only grow back in greater numbers. The same
could be said with Alzheimer’s cure. In order to
effectively put a stop to this debilitating disease, one
would have to detect it on its early stage and take
appropriate steps to halt further progression.
Scientists involved in Alzheimer’s research have been
studying the dissected brains of deceased patients in
the hopes of finding out the cause of the disease. They
made some observations, the most important of which was
the existence of two kinds of obviously abnormal
structures in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
One is an abnormal build up of plaques located in the
spaces between the afflicted brain’s nerve cells. These
plaques are made of protein fragment called beta amyloid.
The other is a tangles, which are abnormal collections
found inside neurons and made of twisted protein threads
called tau.
Further research showed that the beta amyloids are
significant to the development of Alzheimer’s and that
finding an Alzheimer’s cure would mean a closer look at
this plaque formation.
Studies on Alzheimer’s Cure
In an exciting development of the Alzheimer’s cure
research, the Irish drug company Elan and Wyeth-Ayerst
Laboratories in New Jersey worked jointly in a human
test study which they announced in July 2001. This
Alzheimer’s cure study is said to find out whether a new
Alzheimer’s “vaccine” could halt or even cure the
disease. However, after some of the volunteers of the
study began to develop brain swelling after getting
injected with the Alzheimer’s cure, the study was
halted.
It was not until 2005 that a new form of Alzheimer’s
cure was discovered by Howard Weiner and his colleagues.
The Alzheimer’s cure is actually a nasal spray designed
also to target the beta amyloid formation in the brain.
Said study is set to be tested on humans in 2006.
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