Dec. 14 at 5:09 AM
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Identifying how the brain links memories – and how an HIV drug can combat memory loss
"Alcino Silva, a distinguished neurobiology and psychiatry professor at the Geffen School of Medicine, has found that as people age, the amount of CCR5 gene expressed in the brain increases, reducing memory recall. To counteract memory loss, the team explored the effects of ((replace w/ leron))(maraviroc), a drug that targets CCR5 to slow HIV progression in patients. When researchers gave maraviroc to older mice, the drug suppressed the gene and the mice were able to resume linking memories".
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