Friday, 27 March 2015

Study Finds Real Cause of Alzheimer's Disease

A new study, published in the journal Brain, found that the accumulation of dysfunctional tau protein is the real source of cognitive decline and memory loss seen in Alzheimer's. The study from the Mayo Clinic may revive a long-running debate over whether the drug industry is focusing on the right target in developing therapies to treat the disease. Tau destabilizes tracks used by cells to transport food and messages throughout the brain, the research ...

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