New research offers ‘critical insights’ for treating, preventing Alzheimer’s disease

Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 10:21 in Health & Medicine

New research led by North­eastern Uni­ver­sity sug­gests that Alzheimer’s dis­ease may not progress like falling domi­noes, as con­ven­tional wisdom holds, with one mol­e­c­ular event sparking the for­ma­tion of plaques throughout the brain. Instead, it may progress like a fire­works dis­play, with a unique flare launching each plaque, one by one. The study, headed by Lee Makowski, pro­fessor […]

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