Historic discovery in the medical world: Lecanemab, the first drug that slows the destruction of the brain in the case of Alzheimer’s disease, has been declared a success | Bucharest

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Lecanemab, the first drug that slows the destruction of the brain in the case of Alzheimer’s disease, has been declared a historic and important success, writes the BBC.
The discovery ends decades of failures and shows that a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s – the most common form of dementia – is possible.
However, the drug has only a small effect, and its impact on people’s daily lives is debated.
In addition, the medicine acts in the stages…read the whole news