A drug for HIV appears to reverse a type of memory loss in mice

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An HIV drug — known as maraviroc — may have another, unexpected, use.

The medication appears to restore a type of memory that allows us to link an event, like a wedding, with the people we saw there, a team reports in this week's issue of the journal Nature.

Maraviroc's ability to improve this sort of memory was demonstrated in mice, but the drug acts on a brain system that's also found in humans and plays a role in a range of problems with the brain and nervous system.

"You might have an effect in Alzheimer's disease, in stroke, in Parkinson's and also in spinal cord injuries," says Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael, chair of neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved in the study.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/28/1101844338/a-drug-for-hiv-appears-to-reverse-a-type-of-memory-loss-in-mice?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR158hgr2yhiLjwSFVD7RYwl-JzqOvSAo5o_IhBd7bq3d7qDRrjbyfz5yAA