Stroke drug may also prevent Alzheimer’s disease

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 - 09:50 in Health & Medicine

Researchers from the University of Southern California have discovered that a drug currently being developed to treat stroke patients could also prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The study, which will be published January 15 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, shows that the genetically engineered protein 3K3A-APC protects the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s-like symptoms, reducing the buildup […]

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