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Nature Medicine 14, 894 (1 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/nm0908-894

Hope in Alzheimer's fight emerges from unexpected places

Trisha Gura

In drug development, sometimes you find what you're not looking for. In July, at the annual meeting of the Alzheimer's Association, which took place in Chicago, researchers presented data about the serendipitous discovery of two drugs that might help prevent cognitive decline.