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"...The research suggests that in mice with Alzheimer’s disease certain immune cells that normally protect the brain begin abnormally to consume an important nutrient called arginine..."
"...Mice that had been given the drug DFMO to block arginase, an enzyme that breaks down arginine, were found to perform better in memory tests. “All of this suggests to us that if you can block this local process of amino acid deprivation, then you can protect the mouse, at least, from Alzheimer’s disease,” Kan said..." http://www.theguardian.com/society/2...se?CMP=ema_565
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