Malfunctioning protein a cause of Alzheimer's plaques
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Science Translational Medicine, scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis reveal their discovery of a protein made by an Alzheimers gene that hinders the brains ability to remove the key ingredient in the amyloid plaques that are a signature of the disease.