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80-Year-Old Drug Offers Hope for Reversing Alzheimer’s

15-Jan-09

An 80-year-old drug that had been used to treat gastrointestinal problems, such as diarrhea, may hold promise for reversing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers at Canada’s McGill University.
Dr. Siegfried Hekimi of the school’s Department of Biology said the drug clioquinol directly effects the CLK-1 protein and could act to slow aging. While [...]

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