Journal article
beta-amyloid: The known unknowns
Scott Ayton, Ashley Bush
AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2021
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) stands out as a major disease without any form of preventative or disease modifying therapy. This is not for lack of trying. 33 phase 3 clinical trials of drugs targeting amyloid beta (Aβ) have failed to slow cognitive decline in AD. The field is at a cross-roads about whether to continue anti-Aβ therapy or more actively pursue alternative targets. With the burden of this disease to patients, families, and healthcare budgets growing yearly, the need for disease modifying AD therapies has become one of the highest priorities in all of medicine. While pathology, genetic and biochemical data offer a popular narrative for the causative role of Aβ, there are alternative e..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Research was supported by funds from the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health acknowledges support from the Victorian Government, in particular funding from the Operational Infrastructure Support Grant.