Common drug restores youthful function to clean up aging brains
newatlas.com
A drug used to induce labor in pregnant women has been shown to reactivate tiny waste-clearing pumps in the brains of old mice. The finding could hold promise as a new way to fight Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and overall cognitive decline.
This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-08-15 12:09:18+00:00.

Original Title: Pregnancy drug restores youthful function to clean up aging brains | A drug used to induce labor during pregnancy shows to reactivate waste-clearing pumps in the brains of old mice. This could hold promise to fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and overall cognitive decline.