How Does Alzheimer's Disease Develop? New Pathway Found . Medical News Today. April 5, 2013.
While amyloid-beta has been the focus of most Alzheimer's research, the study explained here zeros in on tau, a protein that develops in the brain as Alzheimer's progresses. Genes linked to tau have been identified perhaps providing new targets for a different class of drugs. The researchers concluded that there are at least two ways in which the gene, APOE, can influence Alzheimer's disease risk
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