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...lowed by 200 mg/kg, interspersed with periods when they performed tasks while receiving no extract. Results showed that at the highest dose, errors declined by 50 percent. "Despite the urgent need to discover drugs able to prevent, delay, ameliorate or cure age-related memory impairment and the ...Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
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