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.