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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Published in:Rejuvenation Research Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 524 - 529
Main Author: Aicardi, Giorgio
Format: Journal Article
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Dec2013
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost