Announced at the University of Aberdeen 's Institute of Medical Sciences in Alois . remberTM is first drug to act on the `` tangles '' discovered by Chicago Alzheimer . In a statement on the university 's Web site , Professor Claude Wischik , Chairman of TauRx Therapeutics and Professor of Psychiatric Geratology and Old Age Psychiatry at the University of Aberdeen 's Institute of Medical Sciences , who led the research , said : `` This is an unprecedented result in the treatment of Alzheimer 's disease . ` Tangles destroy nerve cells and neurons critical for memory . If further trials prove successful , the drug could be available by 19 months .
Announced at the University of Aberdeen 's Institute of Medical Sciences in Alois . remberTM is first drug to act on the `` tangles '' discovered by Chicago Alzheimer . Tangles destroy nerve cells and neurons critical for memory . If further trials prove successful , the drug could be available by 19 months .