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Insulin could be Alzheimer's therapy

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A low dose of insulin has been found to suppress the expression in the blood of four precursor proteins involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, according to new clinical research by University at Buffalo endocrinologists. The research, published in March online in the Journal of Clinical ...

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Tags: Insulin, Alzheimer's Disease, Disease and Condition, Protein, Endocrinologist, disease

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