Could Boosting Brain Cells' Appetites Fight Disease? New Research Shows Promise

Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 10:31 in Health & Medicine

Deep inside the brains of people with dementia and Lou Gehrig's disease, globs of abnormal protein gum up the inner workings of brain cells - dooming them to an early death. But boosting those cells' natural ability to clean up those clogs might hold the key to better treatment for such conditions.

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