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Novel compound is promising drug candidate for Alzheimer’s disease
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Novel compound is promising drug candidate for Alzheimer’s disease

by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute A newly identified compound is a promising candidate for inhibiting the production of amyloids, the abnormal proteins that form toxic clumps, called fibrils, inside the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. As published today in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemical Communications, the compound—known as “C1″—uses a novel mechanism to efficiently...