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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jane Kirby

New clinical trial backed by Andy Burnham could speed up Alzheimer’s treatments

The trial is being led by the UK Dementia Research Institute and Alzheimer’s Research UK (Alamy/PA) -

A new clinical trial could dramatically speed up the discovery of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham, whose father Roy died with the illness in September, said he was proud to support the trial in the hope it could deliver results more quickly than traditional methods.

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