A once-scrapped Alzheimer’s drug may work after all, new analyses suggest

At the highest doses, aducanumab slowed mental decline, the drug developer claims

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By targeting sticky globs of amyloid (red) in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s, a new drug may offer a way to slow the disease’s spread.

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Call it a comeback — maybe.