Thursday, July 28, 2016

More evidence in quest to repurpose cancer drugs for Alzheimer's disease

More evidence in quest to repurpose cancer drugs for Alzheimer's disease:

Dementia Big
An FDA approved drug to treat renal cell carcinoma appears to reduce levels of a toxic brain protein linked to dementia in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases when given to animals. This finding is the latest from Georgetown University Medical Center’s Translational Neurotherapeutics Program (TNP) examining tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.


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