New drug could slow or halt Alzheimer’s, says leader of clinical trials

1476614024779150HOUSTON: “The worst thing about dementia is that you progressively lose the person that you love,” says Anne Tudor, and she knows it first hand.

Her partner, Edie Mayhew, 65, was diagnosed six years ago with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. The Ballarat couple try to stay positive, and travel interstate and overseas giving talks on healthy living.

But Ms Tudor has watched as Ms Mayhew, a former driving instructor, has lost the ability to cook a meal, choose clothes and remember conversations.

They welcomed the news that human trials will begin in Melbourne on Monday for a new drug that has been shown to halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in mice and to reverse memory-loss.

Full story covered in the Dementia Business Weekly.