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Nature 414, 159-160 (8 November 2001) | doi:10.1038/35102656
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Alzheimer's disease: An inflammatory drug prospect
Bart De Strooper & Gerhard König
Abstract
There is no known cure for Alzheimer's disease. But new hope (for mice at least) comes from an in-depth investigation of a class of drugs used to treat inflammatory diseases.
Some of the drugs used to treat diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis have an unexpected benefit: they reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease1, 2. Until now it was thought that the anti-inflammatory properties of the drugs could explain this odd side effect.
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