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A Phase IIa clinical trial to evaluate the effects of anti-retroviral therapy in Alzheimer’s disease (ART-AD)
12 Mar 2025
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Abstract Retrotransposons constitute over 40% of the human genome. Studies in Drosophila , mice, cultured cells, and human brain show that retrotransposons are activated in tauopathies, including Alzheimer’s disease, and causally drive neurodegeneration. The reverse transcriptase inhibitor 3TC (lamivudine) reduces retrotransposon activation and suppresses tau neurotoxicity among model systems. This phase 2a...
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