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#Cure for Alzheimer
The Alzheimer's medication donanemab highly effective at early stages
Posted on 19 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary:
Donanemab is an investigational Alzheimer's drug that showed promise in a new clinical trial. It decreased disease progression in patients with early stage Alzheimer's compared to a placebo. However, it was less effective in those with more advanced disease or a genetic risk factor.
Donanemab targets amyloid plaques in the brain, which are thought to cause damage in Alzheimer's. It cleared about 90% of amyloid in the trial.
The drug can cause a side effect called ARIA,...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 16 September.
- Death of Tomas de Torquemada inquisitor who burned 10 000 people
- Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 102 pilgrims
- Mass village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston
- Flamsteed sees solar eclipse 1st known astronomical observation
- Great Seal of US used for 1st time
- British capture Capetown
- Mexico 1st declares independence from Spain (National Day)
- Fire of Moscow
- Typesetting machine patent
- 1st overland mail for California
- Cherokee Strip Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders
- William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors
- US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
- American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress
- Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game
- Yanks clinch pennant #11
- Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House
- 1st US peace-time draft in US enacted
- Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low)
- James Jeans dies
- 1st automobile to exceed 400 mph John Cobb Bonneville Salt Flats
- Bauer & Berra homer in the 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
- Shindig premiers
- Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center
- Richard Nixon appears on Laugh-in
- 1st TV series about mixed marriage - Bridgit Loves Bernie
- Pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for Vietnam deserters
- BART begins regular transbay service
- Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
- Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop
- Maria Callas American-born prima donna dies in Paris at 53
- Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks 3-2
- Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
- massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila & Sabra begins
- Miami Vice premiers