Can Cancer Drugs Help Defeat Alzheimer’s? UCSF Researchers Think So
In a significant scientific breakthrough, researchers at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes have discovered that two cancer drugs, letrozole and irinotecan, may hold the key to reversing Alzheimer’s disease. Using advanced computer tools, the team analysed how Alzheimer’s changes brain cells at the genetic level. Then, they looked for FDA-approved drugs that could do
