AMiNDR: A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

83 - Treatments targeting amyloid-beta aggregation and more in Alzheimer's Disease: September 2020

Episode Summary

In this episode, Marcia covers papers published in September 2020 that focus on the latest in novel drug development in AD. We especially talk about papers targeting amyloid-beta aggregation, BACE-1 inhibitors, gamma-secretase, immunotherapy for AD and more! Tune in to learn more.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Marcia covers papers published in September 2020 that focus on the latest in novel drug development in AD. We especially talk about papers targeting amyloid-beta aggregation, BACE-1 inhibitors, gamma-secretase, immunotherapy for AD and more! Tune in to learn more. 

5:46 - BACE-1 
9:09 - Gamma secretase
11:12 - More papers on amyloid-beta aggregation
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Today's episode was scripted and hosted by Marcia Jude, reviewed by Elyn Rowe, and edited by Alexandra Pavel. Big thanks to Elyn Rowe and Jacques Ferreira for sorting all the papers published in September into themes for our episodes, and props to the team that works very hard behind the scenes to make all this possible. 

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