Another major drug candidate targeting the brain plaques of Alzheimer’s disease has failed. What’s left?
Hope remains for ongoing trials that target amyloid protein clumps, but some studies aim to stave off symptoms, not treat them
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Founder of geometric analysis honored with Abel Prize
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Appeals court dismisses charges of institutional racism at U.K.-Kenyan research partnership
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