Treating Alzheimer’s before It Happens
A drug trial in Colombia is trying to find whether dementia can be prevented 10 to 15 years before its expected onset
Treating Alzheimer’s before It Happens
- Family Portrait Alzheimer’s has afflicted several generations of the family of Yolanda, seated, who suffers from the disease. Her two daughters, Alejandra and Carolina (at rear), along with her granddaughter Luna are hoping that the Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative, the name of the clinical trial, may find a drug that may help them if they fall ill... Image credit: Juan Arredondo
- Orfa This 36-year-old woman makes the trip regularly to Medellin to receive either a drug or placebo as part of a clinical trial that will last through 2021. The trial will test Genentech’s crenezumab, designed to bind to and remove the aberrant protein that is thought to underlie Alzheimer’s... Image credit: Juan Arredondo