The F.D.A. has approved a first test - a scan of the brain - which is able to detect Alzheimers in a living person. Over five million Americans suffer from Alzheimers, so this news comes as a confidence booster that we are heading in the right direction when it comes to Alzheimers research. Alzheimers is only present if there is memory loss and a plague in the brain, but the only way to find a plague is to do an autopsy. If a person has Alzheimers, there is still no treatment or cure for the disease.
With this news comes a sliver of hope for Alzheimers patients. Indentifying or ruling out Alzheimers can be very important when diagnosing the problem. This new dye, which is detectable when in contact with a plague via PET scan, is groundbreaking, and is propelling Alzheimers research in a new direction. These steps will hopefully propel research in the Alzheimers even further, hopefully someday uncovering a cure.
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