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Revealed: how Alzheimer's infects the brain

Source: The independent

Cambridge : United Kingdom | 5 months ago

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A scientific breakthrough in the understanding of how Alzheimer's disease may spread across the brain of elderly patients might lead to novel ways of treating senile dementia, scientists have announced. A study has discovered that a key brain protein linked with Alzheimer's disease has infectious...

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