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This document discusses Alzheimer's disease and experimental drugs that have shown promise in reversing its effects. It describes how Alzheimer's causes changes in mood, judgement and personality that make daily tasks difficult. Experimental drugs called HDAC inhibitors have helped restore memory and learning abilities in mice by reshaping DNA scaffolding and increasing the brain's ability to change in response to experience. However, more research is still needed before these drugs can be safely tested on humans.
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