Second Alzheimer’s drug raises hope of new dawn in treatment of dementia

A SECOND drug to tackle Alzheimer’s disease could be on the horizon, research shows. Trials of the medicine donanemab found it can successfully break down clumps of a protein called amyloid in the brain. 1 The new medicine has been found to be able to break down clumps of protein in the brain Credit: AP These clumps are believed to cause nerve damage that leads to devastating dementia, which affects nearly a million Brits. A breakthrough discovery this year found another drug that removes the protein slowed the progression of dementia by 27 per cent over 18 months – a… Read Full Article