http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/new-alzheimer-s-drug-shows-hints-promise-inventive-trial

A new antibody drug cleared protein plaques (right) that form around neurons in Alzheimer’s disease.

In the hunt for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease, even a whiff of success can be intoxicating. That helps explain why an experimental drug called BAN2401, which a few months ago seemed like it might join a growing heap of failed candidates, created so much buzz yesterday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago, Illinois.