Scientists Accidentally Discover a Breakthrough Treatment for Alzheimer's
January 5, 2018
by Paul Ratner
Scientists found a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease by testing an existing drug used for another illness. Researchers from Lancaster University in the UK discovered that a drug developed for type 2 diabetes has "significantly reversed memory loss" in mice.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and affects nearly 44 million people around the world, according to 2016 stats from Alzheimer’s Disease International. In the United States alone, 5.3 million people suffer from the illness. And these numbers are expected to keep rising.
http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/scientists-accidentally-discover-a-promising-treatment-for-alzheimers
