Showing posts with label Amyloid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amyloid. Show all posts

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Lab Notes: BP Drugs Cut Brain Amyloid

Antihypertensive agents from different classes significantly reduced beta-amyloid protein plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Also this week: a master gene for autoimmune disease.

Antihypertensives for Alzheimer's?

Certain antihypertensives have the unintended side effect of reducing the accumulation of beta-amyloid in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease, researchers found.

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