2020
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has become a significant public health problem, but there is currently no cure for the disease. We pioneered a novel three-dimensional (3D) Alzheimer’s in a Dish model that can revolutionize AD drug screening. This ongoing project will identify and validate novel AD drug candidates using our 3D AD cellular model as a drug screening platform. We will continue to validate and identify AD drug candidates from natural products and microglial-modulating drugs in this period. This year, we will start a pilot drug screening to identify neuroprotective drugs against pathogenic amyloid accumulation and oxidative stress. This study’s goal is to find novel AD drug candidates directly applicable to human clinical trials.