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Crossing blood-brain barrier: New hope for new class of Alzheimer’s disease drugs
October 25, 2010 by NewsBot
Finding a drug that can cross the blood-brain barrier is the bane of drug development for Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders of the brain. A new study has found and tested in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease a class of drug that is able to enter the brain, where it stabilizes degenerating neurons and improves memory and learning.