Researchers have been working on an antibody treatment that has the potential to help alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The treatment works by binding to amyloid-beta proteins within the brain, effectively helping to check the progress that the disease makes within the brain, slowing the spread of the disease.
Current treatments are effective at binding to large clumps of amyloid-beta proteins, but not with small clumps. This new treatment looks like it is just as effective as resolving small clumps as it is large clumps. When these clumps are treated, the damage that Alzheimer’s causes can be reduced or temporarily avoided, helping to minimize the harmful symptoms that those with Alzheimer’s deal with.
Amyloid-beta proteins are one of the hallmark features of Alzheimer’s. As these accumulate within the brain, the memory loss, physical issues, and confusion that we associate with Alzheimer’s become more and more pronounced. These proteins can be alleviated in lab settings, but when it comes to treating humans, the process is a lot more difficult. Unfortunately, the treatment of Alzheimer’s still has a long way to go if we’re going to ensure that the people that we love have the best experiences as they age that they can.
A new Alzheimer’s disease treatment focuses on antibodies that reduce amyloid-beta proteins within the brain.
Luckily, this advancement seems to have a bright future ahead of it. There’s more research that needs to be done if it is going to become widely used, but big first steps seem to have been taken. Hopefully, this leads to more research, clinical trials, and maybe even approval for this method of treatment. The people who suffer from Alzheimer’s deserve to live a better life–this might be the path that is needed to make that happen.
Researchers believe that this might prove to slow down the spread of Alzheimer’s disease. The team, based out of Uppsala University, published their findings in the journal, Translational Neurodegeneration.
There’s no cure for Alzheimer’s disease at this point. Researchers are taking steps forward everyday on this front, but if someone in your family has a current Alzheimer’s diagnosis, this doesn’t really have much of an impact on their overall health at this point. There are more advances than ever before when it comes to controlling and managing symptoms, but in the end, if someone has an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, ultimately, their health and cognitive capabilities will deteriorate and they will pass away as a result of the disease. Their lives will be better than ever before in history because of the advances in treatment that have been made, but this wil only improve their quality of life for a finite period of time.
When someone has Alzheimer’s their needs change significantly. And as the disease progresses, those needs can become pretty severe. Having someone who is patient, understanding, and has a progessional level of knowledge when it comes to dementia on your side
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