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Leukemia Drug Shows Promise in Lewy Body Dementia

Nilotinib, a drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat chronic myeloid leukemia, improved biomarkers and cognitive outcomes in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) in a phase 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.  The findings align with an earlier study that showed possible disease-modifying effects of nilotinib in patients with …

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