Improving Alzheimer’s disease imaging — with fluorescent sensors (IMAGE)

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Improving Alzheimer’s disease imaging — with fluorescent sensors

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Researchers demonstrate exosomes loaded with fluorescent sensors that can pass through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) where the sensors light up in the presence of neurotransmitters linked to Alzheimer’s disease in the brain.

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Adapted from ACS Central Science 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c00563

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