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New Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease? Monday, July 27, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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A drug similar to one used in clinical trials for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis has been found to rescue memory in mice exhibiting Alzheimer's symptoms. The drug discovered by UC Irvine scientists is called PMX205. It prevented inflamed immune cells from gathering in brain regions with Alzheimer's lesions called amyloid plaques. Cell inflammation in these areas accelerates neuron damage, exacerbating the disease. (source: uci.edu)
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