Newsdesk: New target in the treatment of Alzheimer's
May-08-2007
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Posted: Tue 08 May 2007 8:05 pm (GMT 1)
New York Times Syndicate May 07, 2007 Most of the drugs being tested to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease target proteins called beta amyloid, which accumulate in the brain and are suspected as a cause of the devastating dementia.
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