University of Nebraska Medical Center news release
Researchers have published an article in “Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association” detailing the creation of an animal model that helps resolve questions about the relationship between HIV and Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
The work can serve as a guide for the development of novel therapeutics to halt memory loss — antiretroviral drugs have shown strong potential to prevent and slow progression of both HIV and AD. Specific classes of HIV medications suppress brain inflammation and genetic mutations linked to Alzheimer’s pathology.
Read the full news release here.
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