New hope from an old drug: fighting Alzheimer's disease with the cancer drug bexarotene (targretin)?

Abstract Despite decades of research, there is no cure for Alzheimer disease (AD), and current pharmacological treatments only partially mask the symptoms while the disease progresses within the brain. AD is associated with impaired clearance of [beta]-amyloid (A[beta]) from the brain, a process fac...

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Publicado en:Rejuvenation Research Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 524 - 529
Autor principal: Aicardi, Giorgio
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Dec2013
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost