You might not think it possible to assemble large, longitudinal cohorts of loyal study subjects for rare dementias marked by apathy and emotional blunting. Think again—at the International Conference for Frontotemporal Dementia, researchers showed that they just did it.
FORUM Pharmaceuticals announced that its histone deacetylase inhibitor has passed a Phase 1 trial, and will advance to Phase 2 immediately. It was one of two trials presenting data on active investigational drugs at ICFTD.
In a two-year study, a heaping dose of vitamin B did nothing to sharpen cognition in people over 65, casting further doubt on the supplement’s ability to stave off dementia.
Aβ and other pathogenic proteins may cause neurodegenerative disease by spreading throughout the brain like infectious diseases spread through populations, according to a new mathematical model.
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