Protein inhibitor helps rid brain of toxic tau protein

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 11:56 in Biology & Nature

Inhibiting the protein Hsp70 rapidly reduces brain levels of tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease when it builds up abnormally inside nerve cells affecting memory, neuroscientists at the University of South Florida found. The study is reported online today in the Journal of Neuroscience...

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