Potential Alzheimer's Disease Drug: New Class Of Compounds Discovered
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 05:35
in Biology & Nature
A new class of molecules capable of blocking the formation of specific protein clumps that are believed to contribute to Alzheimer's disease pathology has been discovered. By assaying close to 300,000 compounds, they have identified drug-like inhibitors of AD tau protein clumping.