HIV Drugs Dramatically Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, Study Finds

Photo credit: Jonathan Borba via Pexels. Article by David Nield. ScienceAlert – May 12, 2025. Research article: Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

Scientists have identified a promising new class of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, and they’re already widely used to treat HIV and hepatitis B. Along with their antiretroviral effects, drugs called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) inhibit the activation of inflammasomes, which, as the name suggests, are mechanisms that trigger inflammation. […]

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