By Xeno
Scientists developing treatments for the devastating brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) have unexpectedly blocked the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia.
Researchers said they were “thrilled” at the unexpected discovery that two antibodies – extensively studied in relation to CJD – may also have an affect on Alzheimer’s disease. Almost 500,000 people a year in the UK and 20 million worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s.
The finding, published in Nature Communications, represents a “significant step forward in the battle to develop drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease,” they say. The lead came from an American study by researchers at Yale University in 2009, which showed prion proteins causing... More...
