New drug could slow or halt Alzheimer's, says leader of clinical trials

By Carolyn Webb
Updated October 17 2016 - 10:44am, first published 10:28am
Ballarat couple: Edie Mayhew (R) is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's Disease and her partner and carer Anne Tudor are considering the first of its kind experimental drug trial on humans. Picture: Arsineh Houspian.
Ballarat couple: Edie Mayhew (R) is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's Disease and her partner and carer Anne Tudor are considering the first of its kind experimental drug trial on humans. Picture: Arsineh Houspian.

"The worst thing about dementia is that you progressively lose the person that you love," says Anne Tudor, and she knows it first hand.

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