Drug Found to Reverse the Ravages of Alzheimer’s in Mice

Researchers have identified a compound that could significantly improve treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. When administered to mice engineered to develop hallmarks of the disease, the drug reversed cognitive decline and reduced the two types of brain lesions–plaques and tangles–that occur in Alzheimer’s patients.

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