Teenager with grim 'childhood Alzheimer's' gets hope from sugar treatment trial

By Aisha Dow
Updated August 3 2017 - 8:20am, first published 8:16am
Jessica Sheehan waits for her treatment at the Clinical Trial Centre.  Photo: Justin McManus
Jessica Sheehan waits for her treatment at the Clinical Trial Centre. Photo: Justin McManus

Jessica Sheehan is 18 but she lives with a disease that is often described as "childhood Alzheimer's".