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Australian biotech takes a new route to treating Alzheimer's

Jill Margo

An Australian biotech company is launching a novel attack on Alzheimer's disease. Rather than following the traditional treatment paths, it is taking a new route.

This month the first of 174 patients on an international trial will begin taking a drug to lessen the level of the stress hormone, cortisol, in the brain.

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Jill Margo was a senior writer at The Australian Financial Review.

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