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Insulin May Help Treat Alzheimer's

Researchers liken degenerative disease to brain diabetes

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 3, 2009 3:26 PM CST

(Newser) – Alzheimer’s disease “is a type of brain diabetes”—meaning that insulin treatments could help fight it, scientists say. Researchers found that brain cells treated with insulin plus a drug to speed its effects were much less affected by the disease, the BBC... Read full story »

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