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December 2015
Potential treatments ahead for Alzheimer’s Disease
Foundation announces research in the fight against the illness By Rita Rubin for Next Avenue mice of Alzheimer’s When geriatrician hundreds of times, all and neuroscientist the basic knowledge Dr. Howard Fillit that they have went to medical accumulated has yet to school in the early translate into new 1970s, he’d never treatments for patients, heard of Alzheimer’s Fillit said. disease. He predicts that is Since 1998, though, about to change. “In Fillit has directed the Alzheimers: ‘It's a highly robust three to five years, we’re Alzheimer’s Drug disease.You can’t just chip away going to have potentially Discovery at the edges.’ more than one drug Foundation, which approved that has some supports the search for effective disease-modifying effect,” Fillit said, treatments for the disease. noting that nearly 100 human trials “I’ve seen in my lifetime amazing of potential Alzheimer’s treatments progress,” Fillit said at a press briefing are now underway. to discuss some of the more promising No Cure As of Now research his organization is funding. Alzheimer’s disease affects an “We have caught up… to estimated 5.1 million Americans 65 understanding as much about the and older, according to the biological mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s Association, which disease as we know about cancer and notes on its website that the disease heart disease.” But although scientists have cured TreATmenTS continued on page 2 Thinkstock photo
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