Bacterial product isolated in soil from Easter Island rescues learning, memory in Alzheimer's mouse model

Monday, March 8, 2010 - 14:28 in Biology & Nature

A new study offers the first evidence that the drug rapamycin -- a bacterial product first isolated in soil from Easter Island -- is able to reverse Alzheimer's disease-like deficits in an animal model.

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