British researchers testing drug that stops Alzheimer’s in mice

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A team from the U.K. government’s Medical Research Council has developed a drug that prevents neurons from being destroyed due to the abnormal proteins that lead to Alzheimer’s disease and other degenerative brain diseases, according to a report from Sky News.

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