July 24, 2013

Repurposing Drugs for an Alzheimer's Treatment? -Dr. Steven Arnold

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Repurposing Drugs for an Alzheimer's Treatment? -Dr. Steven Arnold

About This Episode

A discussion with Dr. Steven Arnold, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Penn Memory Center and Dr. Gary Landreth, Professor of Neurosciences and Neurology and Director, Alzheimer's Research Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Arnold is conducting research into drug repurposing with a diabetes drug and Dr. Landreth is researching alternate uses for an existing cancer drug. They were introduced by Dr. Guy Eakin of BrightFocus Foundation, which funds some of this research.

This call was made possible by the generous support of the Emmanuel J. Friedman Philanthropies.

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