Alzheimer’s cure: Have we seen the resurrection of the amyloid hypothesis?
Recent breakthroughs could lead to a resurgence in Alzheimer's disease research, says Professor Ashley Bush.
Billions of dollars in research. Hundreds of failed experiments. Half a dozen competing theories.
The search for an effective dementia treatment has proven expensive and divisive.
And the stakes are high — an estimated 400,000 Australians are currently living with dementia, and this number is expected to double over the next 30 years.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, dementia has overtaken coronary heart disease as the leading cause of premature death in over-65s.
