Early abnormalities of Alzheimer's disease: It takes 2 (proteins) to tango
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
For years, neuroscientists have puzzled over how two abnormal proteins, called amyloid and tau, accumulate in the brain and damage it to cause Alzheimer's disease. Which one is the driving force behind dementia? The answer: both of them, according to a new study.