Announced at Alzheimer 's Association International Conference in Chicago . remberTM is first drug to act on the `` tangles '' discovered by Alois Alzheimer . ` It suggests the drug could be over twice as affective as any treatment that is currently available . '' Tangles destroy nerve cells and neurons critical for memory . The drugs target tangles, which are found in a protein called tau, that can cause brain damage if they get tangled up with other proteins or damaged DNA.
Announced at Alzheimer 's Association International Conference in Chicago . remberTM is first drug to act on the `` tangles '' discovered by Alois Alzheimer . Tangles destroy nerve cells and neurons critical for memory . The drugs target tangles, which are found in a protein called tau, that can cause brain damage if they get tangled up with other proteins or damaged DNA.