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Drug for diabetes appears to restore memory

Cowboyjim

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121211145234.htm
Continuing the theme of the redirecting efforts and how a drug meant for one thing may find a use elsewhere, this one is a little different in that the DM drug never "made it" -
Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a drug for diabetes appears to restore memory in Alzheimer's brain cells.
Jhamandas and his team demonstrated last year that a diabetes drug that never made it to market, known as AC253, could block the toxic effects of amyloid protein that lead to brain cell death.
 
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