Experimental Alzheimer's drug that fights a tough-to-target protein shows promise at slowing cognitive decline in a clinical trial
- Posted on July 23, 2026
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Experimental Alzheimer's drug that fights a tough-to-target protein shows promise at slowing cognitive decline in a clinical trial
An experimental drug might slow early Alzheimer’s disease by targeting a hallmark of the illness that researchers have historically had less success with: toxic tangles of tau proteins inside the brain. Accumulations of these tau tangles and sticky clumps of the protein amyloid beta are the neurodegenerative disease’s defining features. In recent y...