McM, Love you passion. Right now it is about getting the trials moving. The people down under need to generate enthusiasm for a cure. Any suggestions on that front? Do we know anything? Are there any contacts?
McMac, wasn't there a group that organized and demanded a meeting with a congressional committee and obtained subsequent approval to have a drug released. I don't recall the disease Duchene's seems to stick in my mind.
Maybe you and others on this board that have the verbal skills could start putting pressure on the Alzheimers Association to organize a group of those families affected and request a similar meeting. Maybe a group effort to "construct" a letter that could be made available for the rest of us to send to our Senators and representatives and local Alzheimers groups.
The Alzheimer’a Association constantly raises money, and its website says many millions of dollars goes for ”research toward treatment, prevention and, ultimately, a cure.” http://act.alz.org/site/PageServer?pagename=walk_money
However, what do you think the odds are that Anavex has or will ever receive a dime? I believe instead funds are going to major pharmaceutical companies like Janssen, for example:
Read both of the webpages I post above, and you will see what I mean.
Unfortunately, the Alzheimer’a Association appears to be brainwashed on the amyloid plaque hypothesis. As the below article discusses, it is time to change the focus, but it will probably be a cold day in hell before the AA comes around to doing that.
”The amyloid hypothesis on trial As the development of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease continues to stumble, is it time for researchers to broaden their list of the condition’s potential causes?”
As the Nature article points out: ”The amyloid hypothesis has never been universally accepted...”