Not Signed In - Decoy Pill Saves Brain Cells: Hope for Stroke And Alzheimer's Patients
Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:00 AM EST
... Tricking a key enzyme can soothe over-excited receptors in the brain, say neuroscientists, calling this a possible strategy against stroke, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.Lead author Michel Baudry of the University of Southern California, his graduate student Wei Xu and collaborators from the University of British Columbia outline their technique in the Feb. [click link for full article] ...
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