Lecanemab: A New Potential Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease 

Lecanemab: A New Potential Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease 
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The treatment of Alzheimer’s disease has been a long-standing challenge and area of interest. The knowledge in pathogenesis and an increased disease burden have prompted innovative therapeutics over the last two decades.

There are six drugs approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment, but there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease despite all scientific efforts and many protracted and expensive clinical trials.

Stephanie Zhang, Ph.D.
Stephanie Zhang, Ph.D.
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Stephanie Zhang, Ph.D., is a columnist for The Epoch Times, focusing on brain and neurodegenerative diseases. She has over 20 years of research experience in neuroscience and neurotoxicity, and was a former research scientist in the Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center at The University of Mississippi Medical Center. She earned her doctorate in public health.
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