A novel drug reduces amyloid plaques and neuroinflammation in mice (IMAGE)

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A novel drug reduces amyloid plaques and neuroinflammation in mice

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Compared with a control (left), treatment with the novel GSM (right) reduces the number of amyloid plaques (green) and proinflammatory cells called microglia (magenta) in the brains of mice carrying mutations linked to early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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©2021 Rynearson et al. Originally published in <em>Journal of Experimental Medicine</em>. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20202560

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