Audio long read: Conquering Alzheimer’s — a look at the therapies of the future

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🗓️ 28 April 2023

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Summary

Last year, researchers announced that the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab lowered the amount of amyloid protein plaques associated with the disease in the brains of participants in a clinical trial, and slowed their cognitive decline.

Now, researchers are looking to drug combinations, vaccines and gene therapy to tackle different stages of the disease, as they forge the next generation of treatments for the condition.

This is an audio version of our Feature: Conquering Alzheimer’s: a look at the therapies of the future

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0:00.0	Cross, the new series only on Prime Video.
0:04.0	You're going to be part of a masterpiece.
0:06.0	Evil knows his name.
0:08.0	Detective Alex Cross.
0:11.0	Where he lives.
0:13.0	It was in my house.
0:15.0	His darkest secret.
0:16.0	And when I'm done, the world will know the truth.
0:20.0	Based on characters created by James Patterson.
0:23.4	I'm not a monster.
0:24.4	I don't kill for fun.
0:25.8	Cross.
0:26.7	New series.
0:27.8	Watch now only on Prime Video.
0:30.5	I'm Ellis James.
0:31.8	And I'm Colin Murray.
0:32.8	And this is Everything to Play for.
0:34.6	And our latest two-part series is all about cricket maverick, Kevin Peterson.
0:39.7	We'll be talking about the ashes, highs and lows,
0:42.4	KP spats with a cricketing establishment
0:45.1	and a certain text message scandal.
0:47.8	Delighted to announce I'll be using the phrase
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