Alzheimer's disease: Scientists find how drugs could attack 'plaques' in the brain

By Amy Corderoy
Updated May 5 2015 - 11:08am, first published April 16 2015 - 7:00pm
Scientists have discovered how drugs could attack abnormal "plaques" in the brain.
Scientists have discovered how drugs could attack abnormal "plaques" in the brain.

Australian scientists have for the first time discovered how drugs could attack the abnormal "plaques" clustering in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, giving hope that new medicines could be developed.

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