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Reversing Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice with axitinib treatment

8 Oct 2021
Written by Ryan Gilroy (Commissioning Editor)
Drug discovery and development Neuroscience News

Alzheimer's and chemotherapy

Axitinib restored memory and cognitive function in mice that display symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

University of British Columbia (Canada) researchers demonstrated restoration of both memory and cognitive function in mice that display symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease by treatment with axitinib, a common chemotherapy drug.

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