17-year-old Connecticut student found 2 FDA-approved drugs that could help fight Alzheimer’s: How his surp
- Posted on August 26, 2026
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17-year-old Connecticut student found 2 FDA-approved drugs that could help fight Alzheimer’s: How his surp
A 17-year-old Connecticut student, Leon Wang, identified two FDA-approved lung-scarring drugs that reduced Alzheimers-linked cellular damage in lab-grown brain blood-vessel cells. His research offers a promising new clue into how APOE4 and the TGFβ pathway may contribute to Alzheimers disease, while raising the possibility that existing medicines could eventually be repurposed for brain health.
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