Cancer Drug Prevents Build-Up of Toxic Brain Protein, Georgetown University Medical Center Study

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Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have used tiny doses of a leukemia drug to halt accumulation of toxic proteins linked to Parkinson’s disease in the brains of mice. This finding provides the basis to plan a clinical trial in humans to study the effects.

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