TCP: Old Antidepressant Could Treat Sickle Cell Disease

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 16:10 in Health & Medicine

Tranylcypromine, TCP, is an antidepressant drug used since the 1960s but may also hold promise for treating sickle cell disease, according to a new finding in mice and human red blood cells.  They found that TCP can essentially reverse the effects of sickle cell disease.  read more

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