Experimental Drug Effectively Treats Alzheimer’s in Preclinical Study

Study on Mice Suggests Surprising Link Between Nose-Picking And Alzheimer's

A study published in 2022 revealed a tenuous but plausible link between picking your nose and increasing the risk of developing dementia.In cases where picking at your nose damages internal tissues, critical species of bacteria have a clearer path to the brain, which responds to their presence in ways that resemble signs of Alzheimer's disease. There are plenty of caveats here, not least that so far the supporting research is based on mice r…

Experimental Drug Effectively Treats Alzheimer’s in Preclinical Study

NU-9 targets a shared underlying mechanism found in various neurodegenerative diseases. A new study from Northwestern University reports that NU-9, an experimental small-molecule drug currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials in treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also improves neuron health in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease. Both ALS [...]