Shannon Macauley and David Holtzman, Washington University School of Medicine (IMAGE)

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Shannon Macauley and David Holtzman, Washington University School of Medicine

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Shannon Macauley, PhD, and David Holtzman, MD, neurology researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have found a new link between Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. Their research, in mice, suggests elevated blood sugar can harm brain function.

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