LOS ANGELES: The government has forced two researchers to stop making promotional claims about an experimental brain scan they hope to commercialize as a test for Alzheimer’s disease, long-term damage from traumatic brain injuries and other neurological conditions.
The website for their fledgling company suggested that injecting patients with FDDNP – an experimental, short-lived radioactive compound – and scanning their brains could offer early detection of concussions and various forms of dementia.
The site featured photographs of football players, a soldier and an elderly couple. One caption read: “Protecting our athletes who want to know about the consequences of concussive brain injuries.”…