5/24/2013 – Studies Question Potential Alzheimer’s Treatment

Last year scientists reported that a skin cancer drug appeared to reverse the effects of an Alzheimer’s-like disease in mice. But four studies out this week in Science question the original results. Ronald Petersen, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, talks about the new findings, and the hunt for Alzheimer’s drugs.

Read/listen to the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).