New Drug Helps Clear Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease Patients (IMAGE)

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New Drug Helps Clear Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease Patients

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Clinical trials show that an inhibitor of the enzyme BACE1 reduces Aβ peptides in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients.

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Val Altounian / <i>Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)

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