Research opens new pathway for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

Monday, December 3, 2012 - 12:31 in Health & Medicine

Scientists in Belgium have discovered a new target molecule for the development of a treatment against Alzheimer’s disease. There is currently no cure for this disease. Many candidate drugs fail because they also target proteins essential to life. This discovery could form a target for a treatment against Alzheimer’s disease with fewer side effects and that suppresses the very first symptoms of the disease.

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