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A type of diabetes drug might help protect the brain in diseases like Alzheimer’s and MS by calming brain immune cells and stopping harmful changes in other brain cells.

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The study shows that activating GLP-1 receptors in the brain reduces inflammation in animal models of brain diseases, which supports the general idea in the claim. But it doesn’t prove the exact way this happens, like stopping specific signals that turn brain cells harmful.

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