British scientists excited by prospect that drugs could slow progression of dementia

Two "repurposed" drugs have been shown to reduce the kind of brain shrinkage caused by Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Two "repurposed" drugs have been shown to reduce the kind of brain shrinkage caused by Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Both medicines, one a licensed antidepressant and the other an anti-cancer compound, restored protein production in the brains of laboratory mice.