British scientists have announced that they have taken another step towards developing an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, as well as other brain diseases..

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time the effect of a chemical that completely prevents the death of brain cells.

Details of the mouse experiment were published in the journal Science Translational Medicine..

For people, as scientists emphasize, treatment will become available in at least ten years..

A specialist from King's College London, Professor Roger Morris noted that this could be a significant event in the history of medicine..

The new development of scientists will help in the treatment of a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

Today, as is known, such a degenerative disease of the central nervous system as Alzheimer's disease is not treatable.. It is characterized mainly by the gradual loss of cognitive abilities (speech, logical thinking, memory). Chances of developing Alzheimer's increase after age 65. And although relatively few people are affected by this disease, it is one of the main causes of dementia in the elderly..

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