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In a clinical trial that could lead to treatments that prevent Alzheimer's disease, people who are genetically guaranteed to suffer from the disease years from now - but who do not yet have any symptoms - will for the first time be given a drug intended to stop them from developing it, US health officials have announced.

The original article can be found at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/drug-trial-offers-new-hope-in-preventing-alzheimers-20120516-1yr85.html

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This forthcoming, very expensive, trial of a monoclonal antibody - which was licensed in 2006 - to prevent Alzheimer's Disease, has created enormous and deserved media interest. This story, which seems to have come directly from The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/health/research/prevention-is-goal-of-alzheime rs-drug-trial.html?pagewanted=all), is highly informative and well researched and rates well.

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