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Potential new drug candidate found for Alzheimer’s disease

May 31, 2011 by

Researchers have demonstrated that oral administration of a cysteine protease inhibitor, E64d, not only reduces the build-up of beta-amyloid in the brains of animal models for Alzheimer's disease, but also results in a substantial improvement in memory deficit.

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