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Alzheimer's Reversed In Mice With 4 Common Medicines

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Here's today's feel-good story:

Currently used to treat hypertension and inflammation in humans, a study has managed to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice by administering these medicines.

The four drugs consist of two non-steroidal anti-inflammatories and two anti-hypertensives and have proven effective at reversing the symptoms in mice, the study shows.

“What we have observed is that, although Alzheimer’s disease shares some features of accelerated ageing, it is also affected by totally different ageing processes,” says Dr. Aloy of IRB Bareclona. “This disease is caused by the abnormal accumulation of certain proteins, and we have seen that, in some cases, this is not caused by overproduction but by an error in their removal,” he adds.

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