Novel drug prevents amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease

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Novel drug prevents amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and elsewhere have identified a new drug that could prevent AD by modulating, rather than inhibiting, a key enzyme involved in forming amyloid plaques.