Promising drug fights Alzheimer's in three ways

One GSM drug now being tested in people with Alzheimer's is Myriad Genetics's Flurizan, also called tarenflurbil.

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com A type of drug that may offer promise in treating Alzheimer's disease works in three ways to fight the formation of "plaques" in the brain that are a hallmark of the ailment, scientists said on Wednesday. The researchers looked at a kind of drug called a gamma-secretase modulator, or GSM, now being tested to see if it slows Alzheimer's disease progression. Results from a Flurizan study involving 1,600 people with Alzheimer's are expected this summer, Golde said.