Brain Plaques (IMAGE)

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Brain Plaques

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A new study reveals that the brain's ability to clear the main ingredient of Alzheimer's plaques slows with age (the plaques are red in this image). The findings could help explain why risk of the disease increases with age.

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John Cirrilto

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