A drug named Aducanumab designed to prevent Alzheimer's disease is finally on the horizon after scientists found it could clear sticky plaques from the brain which cause dementia and stop mental decline. Professor Richard Morris, of Edinburgh University It has been hailed as the "best news" in dementia research for 25 years and a "game changer" for those with Alzheimer's. The drug, called aducanumab, was discovered by researchers at University College London (UCL) who were looking into how amyloid plaques, or clumps of protein that build up inside nerve cells, can be cleared
A drug named Aducanumab designed to prevent Alzheimer's disease is finally on the horizon after scientists found it could clear sticky plaques from the brain which cause dementia and stop mental decline. It has been hailed as the "best news" in dementia research for 25 years and a "game changer" for those with Alzheimer's. The drug, called aducanumab, was discovered by researchers at University College London (UCL) who were looking into how amyloid plaques, or clumps of protein that build up inside nerve cells, can be cleared