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Alzheimer’s drug tests in six years, Lancaster researcher says
So in the future we can detect it early on and treat it even before the memory impairment develops to the stage we call Alzheimer's disease."
- Prof David Allsop
A new drug to prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease could be tested on patients within six years, according to researchers at Lancaster University.
The Lancashire team is part of a 14.6m euro international project working to find a cure for the disease.
The new drug would work by blocking the protein plaques that cause Alzheimer's.
It could have an enormous impact on the early diagnosis and treatment, the university said. The disease affects 750,000 people in the UK.