Promoting Public Health: Toward new medication for chronic brain diseases

Promoting Public Health: Toward new medication for chronic brain diseases

vor 14 Jahren
A needle-in-the-haystack search through nearly 390,000 chemical compounds has led scientists to a substance that can sneak through the protective barrier surrounding the brain with effects promising for new drugs for Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease.
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vor 14 Jahren
A needle-in-the-haystack search through nearly 390,000 chemical
compounds has led scientists to a substance that can sneak through
the protective barrier surrounding the brain with effects promising
for new drugs for Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease. They report
on the substance, which blocks formation of cholesterol in the
brain, in the journal, ACS Chemical Biology.
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