Joined: 1/12/2020 Posts: 2
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I've read that blood transfusions can be helpful with Alz. Has anyone had experience with them as a treatment option?
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Joined: 2/17/2019 Posts: 380
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No Experience, just a link
21 Dec 2019
Apabetalone, an epigenetic drug that tamps
down vascular inflammation, slowed cognitive decline in people with MCI.
A new statistical analysis of results from AMBAR claimed the
plasma-exchange therapy might boost cognition by removing pathogenic
proteins from blood.
I believe this is the basis of the trials centered in Arizona
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Joined: 4/22/2017 Posts: 334
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Here's an older (2017) article describing transfusing blood from a young person to someone with Alzheimer's disease. I have not looked to see if this has been updated.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/are-blood-transfusions-way-to-defeat-alzheimers#1
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