There are 850,000 patients in Britain with dementia. There are 850,000 patients in Britain with dementia, two thirds of whom are told that they have Alzheimer’s. Many scientists now believe that the nature of the disease has been misunderstood — and that the search for a cure will be far harder than had been thought. The claim has been made as The Times begins a four-day investigation into the cause, treatment and effects of dementia. The classic view of the disease is that it is caused by the build-up of clumps of protein known as beta-amyloid that trigger a biochemical “cascade”…

Source: The Times January 30, 2017 00:08 UTC