New ways to diagnose and treat Alzheimer's, findings suggest
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found a new mechanism by which a key protein associated with Alzheimer's disease can spread within the human brain. The study provideas a new explanation of how the protein tau, a normal human protein that becomes toxic in Alzheimer's patients, can appear in their cerebrospinal fluid.