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Volunteers pool efforts to combat early Alzheimers
250 volunteers have come together to help British researchers shed more light on the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
The earliest signs can be seen before the more obvious symptoms develop and it is hoped that further study of these will help open up new avenues for tackling Alzheimers before the brain begins to experience damage.
Currently, around 47 million people worldwide were estimated to be living with dementia in 2015.
The research is being funded by the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council.
Jennifer Lawson, from Oxford University, and one of the researchers involved in the project, said: "Over the last decade or more, 99 per cent of clinical trials into treatments for Alzheimer's disease have failed.
"We think the reason for that is we are simply trying these in people far too late.
"By the time someone comes to their GP and they think they might have some memory problems and they get a diagnosis of Alzheimer's, it's likely the brain has been under attack from this illness for 10 or even 20 years before."
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