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Teaching an old drug new tricks
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Teaching an old drug new tricks

by Texas Tech University Sanjay Srivastava, Ph.D., recently received a U.S. patent for repurposing pimavanserin to treat various types of cancer. Credit: TTUHSC To treat some of the psychosis issues associated with Parkinson’s disease, physicians often prescribe pimavanserin, an antipsychotic drug that acts within the brain to prevent hallucinations and delusions. Because of its ability...

You actually can teach an old dog new tricks, which is why many of us keep learning after retirement
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You actually can teach an old dog new tricks, which is why many of us keep learning after retirement

by Darryl Dymock, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Lorna Prendergast was 90 years old when she graduated with a master’s degree from the University of Melbourne in 2019. She said her message to others was, “You’re never too old to dream.” Nor, obviously, too old to learn. In the same year 94-year-old David Bottomley became the oldest...