Boston Researchers Test Drug That Will Try to Slow Down Alzheimer’s

Boston Herald

Robert Stern, PhD, neurology and neurosurgery

Hub researchers are testing a pill that could protect the brain against the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease — a treatment that could be the first to slow the progression of one of the nation’s most common killers, they say.
 

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“It’s the only cause in the United States in the top 10 causes that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed down,” said Dr. Robert Stern, Boston University’s principal investigator for the trial. “The goal of this new medication going into clinical trials is really to try and slow down the advancement as well as trying to protect the cells that still exist.”

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