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• Cancer Drug Prevents Build-up of Toxic Brain Protein

  WASHINGTON (May 10, 2013) — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have used tiny doses of a leukemia drug to halt accumulation of toxic proteins linked to Parkinson’s disease in the brains of mice. This finding provides the basis to plan a clinical trial in humans to study the effects. They say their study, published […]

  Category: News Release Tags: ALS, Alzheimer's disease, brain, Lewy body dementia, mind, neuroscience, Parkinson's disease