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Promoting Public Health: Toward new medication for chronic brain diseases
Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
English - July 11, 2011 14:00 - 1.3 MB - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsNatural Sciences Science global challenges chemistry solutions chem science climate change water education high school acs american chemical society Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
A needle-in-the-haystack search through nearly 390,000 chemical compounds has led scientists to a substance that can sneak through the protective barrier surrounding the brain with effects promising for new drugs for Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease. They report on the substance, which blocks formation of cholesterol in the brain, in the journal, ACS Chemical Biology.