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NIH-Supported Alzheimer's Studies to Focus on Innovative Treatments

With new research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s premier Alzheimer’s disease study network will undertake four major studies aimed at finding new treatments for the disease. The award supports the latest projects of the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) , a national consortium of academic medical centers and clinics set up by NIH in 1991 to collaborate on the development of Alzheimer’s treatments and diagnostic tools.

In this round of studies, the ADCS will test drug and exercise interventions in people in the early stages of the disease, examine a medication to reduce agitation in people with Alzheimer’s dementia, and test a cutting-edge approach to speed testing of drugs in clinical trials.

Visit the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study website for more information and to read about the four studies made possible under the new award.



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