Duke’s ‘terrorist’ gaffe

Alzheimer’s drug hope

A DAILY injection of a drug initially developed for diabetes may reverse Alzheimer’s, early research suggests.

Scientists at Lancaster University found the treatment – called a triple receptor agonist – significantly improved memory and reduced toxins in the brain when tested on mice.

Experts said the drug has “clear promise” to eventually become the first treatment to tackle Alzheimer’s.

The drug is some way off becoming available to patients, having only been tested on animals, but if it shows the same results in humans it could in time solve the desperate need for an effective treatment for the booming number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Alzheimer’s researcher Dr Doug Brown said: “With no new treatments in nearly 15 years, we need to find new ways of tackling Alzheimer’s. THE gaffe-prone Duke of Edinburgh has stoked a new controversy by pointing at a man with a beard and asking “Is that a terrorist?”

The 96 year-old royal, who retired from public duties in 2017, is said to have made the comment while talking to Princess Anne as members of the family progressed to a New Year’s Eve service at St Mary Magdalene church, near the Queen’s Sandringham home.

According to one onlooker, Prince Philip spotted a tall man with a long ginger beard in the crowd, pointed at him and made the questionable remark.

“He pointed at him in a funny way and turned to one of his royal bodyguards, saying: ‘Is that a terrorist?’,” the onlooker said.

“He was obviously having a little joke, but he said it within earshot of the man who burst out laughing and appeared to find the whole thing hilarious.”