Van der Flier walked around the World Alzheimer’s Congress in Amsterdam this week, and sensed a lot of enthusiasm among the 7,000 international researchers who had gathered there. “The atmosphere was positive and optimistic. There are also good developments in the Alzheimer field”.
It may be hard to imagine today, but 20 years ago, the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s could not be made at all. “There has really been a lot of progress in that, both Alzheimer’s proteins [zie kader] we can now recognize very well.” The question then was whether we can also clear up those proteins. “There is now a generation of medicines that clear up the amyloid protein. And that also translates into a changed trajectory of the disease.”
Backward less quickly
It is precisely there that both hope and tempering expectations are in order, explains Van der Flier: “People are not getting better, and it is not the case that the decline will stop. But it is true that the decline is slowing down.”
2023-07-22 12:01:18
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