New culprit in Alzheimer’s disease: Too many blood vessels

Scientists may have uncovered a new explanation for how Alzheimer's disease destroys the brain -- a profusion of blood vessels. They suggest that the growth of capillaries leads to a breakdown of the blood-brain barrier, allowing amyloid beta, the hallmark of the neurodegenerative disease, to be deposited in the brain tissue.

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