Hunt for Alzheimer’s cure suffers ‘heavy blow’ as Pfizer pulls out of research

Hunt for Alzheimer’s cure suffers ‘heavy blow’ as Pfizer pulls out of research

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/01/08/hunt-alzheimers-cure-suffers-heavy-blow-pfizer-pulls-research/ By Sarah Knapton, science editor  The search for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease suffered a ‘heavy blow’ after Pfizer, the world’s largest drugs company, announced it was halting research efforts into finding new treatments. The US based company is expected to cut 300 jobs globally including many British researchers based at labs…

A Diabetes Drug Could Help Alzheimer’s Patients Reverse Memory Loss

A Diabetes Drug Could Help Alzheimer’s Patients Reverse Memory Loss

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://fortune.com/2018/01/02/diabetes-drug-alzheimers/ By By EMILY PRICE There have been no new Alzheimer’s treatments introduced in the past 15 years, but new research suggests that a drug traditionally used to treat diabetes could be useful in treating Alzheimer’s as well. British researchers found that the drug “significantly reversed memory loss” in mice, which opens the door to…