ljw1004 writes "Alzheimer's disease: researchers are divided on whether it's caused by "beta amyloid" (a peptide found in alzheimer brains) or by "tau protein" (normally used for cellular scaffolding, but can aggregate of control and destroy neurons). Today in Chicago a new drug has been anounced which stops tau aggregation and appears to have halted alzheimer-related decline in 300 clinical trial patients. Do you have friends or family who appear to be dementing? Here is an online questionnaire, part of one used in the clinical trial to diagnose dementia. (disclosure: I made the online questionnaire, and my father is one of the scientists behind the drug.)" Link to Original Source
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