Protein Inhibitor Helps Rid Brain Of Toxic Tau Protein
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
Inhibiting the protein Hsp70 rapidly reduces brain levels of tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease when it accumulates as memory-choking tangles. One of the more effective Hsp70-inhibitor drugs was a derivative of methylthioninium chloride, or Rember, a new laboratory study by neuroscientists found.
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