linkbot@lemmy.linkMB to US News@lemmy.linkEnglish · 1 year agoFDA grants full approval to new Alzheimer's drug meant to slow diseasewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@lemmy.worldnews@kbin.social
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minus-squareagentshags@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago Leqembi, from Japanese drugmaker Eisai and U.S.-based drugmaker Biogen, targets a type of protein in the brain called beta-amyloid, long thought by scientists to be one of the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease.