New methods to identify Alzheimer's drug candidates with anti-aging properties

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 15:40 in Health & Medicine

Old age is the greatest risk factor for many diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cancer. Geroprotectors are a recently identified class of anti-aging compounds. New research has now identified a unique subclass of these compounds, dubbed geroneuroprotectors (GNPs), which are AD drug candidates and slow the aging process in mice.

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