There is no known cure for Alzheimer's disease. But new hope (for mice at least) comes from an in-depth investigation of a class of drugs used to treat inflammatory diseases.
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De Strooper, B., König, G. An inflammatory drug prospect. Nature 414, 159–160 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35102656
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