Study delivers protein across blood-brain barrier to degrade Alzheimer's plaques

Friday, December 6, 2013 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

Biologists substantially degraded Alzheimer's plaques in mice brains and human brain tissue by sending a fused protein across the blood-brain barrier. Their technique not only offers a potential strategy for treating the debilitating neurological disease, but also other diseases that affect the brain and eyes.

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