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FDA-Approved Sleeping Pill Slows Alzheimer's Tangles in Pre-Clinical Trial


A drug used to treat insomnia has protected mice against the buildup of the tau protein found to clump abnormally in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

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