A new study has found a unique set of proteins that distinguish Alzheimer’s disease from other neurodegenerative conditions and healthy brains.
This provides clues about the causes of the condition and could inspire new treatments. Alzheimer’s disease involves a progressive and irreversible loss of memory and thinking skills, which increasingly disrupts a person’s ability to function normally.
It is the most common form of dementia, affecting around 5 million people in the United States alone. In the brain, the defining features of Alzheimer’s include clumps of a toxic protein called beta-amyloid building up, the formation of beta-amyloid plaques, and tangled bundles of a protein called tau. The underlying causes of the condition remain
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