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Experts excited by brain wonder-drug

20-Apr-2017

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Drug may stop all neurodegenerative brain diseases, including dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Already safely used in people – Trazodone taken by patients with depression and DBM is being tested in cancer patients.

Hoping to start human clinical trials on dementia patients soon.

The study was published in the Brain journal.

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Brain

Scientific Journal providing information from the field of neurology.

Giovanna Mallucci

Founding Principal Investigator at Altos Labs

Medical Research Council UK (MRC)

Organization funding medical research in the UK.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Mental Health, Depression