Asthma drug shows promise for Alzheimer’s, researchers say
Mar 28, 2011
The asthma drug Zileuton (5-lipoxygenase) has demonstrated that it can reduce the formation of beta amyloid, the peptide in the brain linked to the development of Alzheimer’s, according to researchers...
Brain inflammation treats, not causes, Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests
Oct 26, 2009
Inflammation in the brain is not a trigger that leads to a build-up of Alzheimer’s disease-causing amyloid-beta plaques. It could actually be manipulated to cleanse the brain of those plaques, according...
