By IDSE News Staff
Scientists are calling for clinical trials to test the potential of HIV drugs to prevent Alzheimer’s disease after discovering that patients taking the drugs are substantially less likely to develop the memory-robbing condition (Alzheimers Dement 2025;21[5]:e70180. doi:10.1002/alz.70180).
The researchers, led by Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, of the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System, in Charlottesville, previously identified a possible mechanism by which nucleoside