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Experimental Drug Compound Found To Reverse Effects of Alzheimer's In Mice

Posted by timothy on from the pernicious-disease-needs-spanking dept.

Zothecula (1870348) writes "While there has been progress made in the fight against Alzheimer's, our understanding of the dispiriting disease remains somewhat limited, with a definitive cure yet to be found. The latest development comes at the hands of researchers from Yale's School of Medicine, who have discovered a new drug compound shown to reverse the effects of Alzheimer's in mice."

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  1. That's more than reversing the effect by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If I read that correctly (yeah, I RTFA) what that stuff does is facilitate the transfer of short term into long term memory.

    Forget Alzheimer (please, no lame puns here), every student on this planet will want that stuff. I sure know I would've killed to get that shit to stuff all that nonsensical crap into my brain that I had to learn for a few tests that were about as interesting as watching the carpet warp during hot Summers.

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    1. Re:That's more than reversing the effect by MisterSquid · · Score: 4, Interesting

      They have no idea what these things are doing. I especially wouldn't be taking some drug whose apparent mechanism is covalently binding to my brain.

      I can't help but think of Flowers for Algernon

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