CONFERENCE COVERAGE SERIES
International Athens/Springfield Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy, 2016
Athens, Greece
09 – 12 March 2016
The 14th International Athens/Springfield Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy was held March 9 to 12 in Athens, Greece. Researchers met to discuss developments in basic and clinical research, including new approaches to study Aβ oligomers and results of a clinical trial to evaluate a dietary approach to treat early stage Alzheimer’s disease.
Souvenaid Trial Missed Primary, Partially Met Secondary Endpoints
Results raise the tentative prospect that a medical food might have possible cognitive benefit early in disease.
New Tack on Aβ Oligomer Role in Disease and Treatment
At Athens meeting, scientists had new data on where these species appear in the brain, how they disrupt neurons, and whether oligo-specific antibodies would work.