What are the future prospects for finding a cure?
Researchers today are hoping to develop treatments that will slow down the disease, rather than “cure” it. Alzheimer’s develops undetected over many years, and if it were possible to know who is on their way to getting AD, it might be possible to give them a drug or other treatment that will slow the disease process down enough to keep that person from ever having AD (because the disease mainly affects those who are older). There is optimism that such treatments will be developed. Many scientists believe that successful treatments will involve cocktails of drugs and supplements that together will have protective effects.
