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Alzheimer’s Could Be Treated with These Two FDA-Approved Cancer Drugs, New Research Finds

Alzheimer’s Could Be Treated with These Two FDA-Approved Cancer Drugs, New Research Finds
health7/27/2025

Two FDA-approved cancer drugs have shown the potential to reverse brain damage caused by Alzheimer's in mice, offering new hope for a disease that currently has no cure.

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Gladstone Institutes have uncovered a potential new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease using two existing FDA-approved cancer drugs. The drugs, letrozole and irinotecan, ... [3437 chars]