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Drugs in Development for Cancer May Also Fight Brain Diseases, including ALS

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A class of cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors could be useful for treating and preventing brain disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, and some forms of frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), by halting the  misplacement of specific proteins that affect nerve cells, according to a study published in Molecular Cell by researchers in the the School...

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