{"id":5689,"date":"2015-01-15T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2015-01-15T09:00:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T14:00:56","slug":"boston-researchers-test-drug-that-will-try-to-slow-down-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2015\/01\/15\/boston-researchers-test-drug-that-will-try-to-slow-down-alzheimers\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Researchers Test Drug That Will Try to Slow Down Alzheimer&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2015\/01\/15\/boston-researchers-test-drug-that-will-try-to-slow-down-alzheimers\/robert-stern-300x300\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/01\/robert-stern-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"robert-stern-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5692\" \/><\/a>Boston Herald<\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/experts\/profiles\/robert-stern\/\">Robert Stern<\/a>, PhD, neurology and neurosurgery<\/h4>\n<p>Hub researchers are testing a pill that could protect the brain against the ravages of Alzheimer\u2019s disease \u2014 a treatment that could be the first to slow the progression of one of the nation\u2019s most common killers, they say.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Expert quote:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the only cause in the United States in the top 10 causes that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed down,\u201d said Dr. Robert Stern, Boston University\u2019s principal investigator for the trial. \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/business\/healthcare\/2015\/01\/boston_researchers_test_drug_that_will_try_to_slow_down_alzheimer_s\">full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Herald Robert Stern, PhD, neurology and neurosurgery Hub researchers are testing a pill that could protect the brain against the ravages of Alzheimer\u2019s disease \u2014 a treatment that could be the first to slow the progression of one of the nation\u2019s most common killers, they say. &nbsp; Expert quote: \u201cIt\u2019s the only cause in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[126],"tags":[135],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}