Strategy discovered to prevent Alzheimer's-associated traffic jams in the brain

Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 17:14 in Health & Medicine

Amyloid beta proteins, widely thought to cause Alzheimer's disease, block the transport of vital cargoes inside brain cells. Scientists have discovered that reducing the level of another protein, tau, can prevent amyloid beta from causing such traffic jams.

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