10/10/2011 – New Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise

Alzheimer’s disease drug, gantenerumab, may help lower levels of amyloid plaque in the brains of people with the disease, an early clinical trial indicates.

The new study, which appears online Oct. 10 in theArchives of Neurology, is among the first to show the effects of an anti-amyloid drug in humans with Alzheimer’s disease, but experts caution that while promising, more research is needed before this drug can be deemed safe or effective.

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