Genetic Marker of Aggressive Alzheimer's Disease (AUDIO)
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For years, researchers have known that two key proteins tend to characterize Alzheimer's disease in the brain. Amyloid makes up the senile plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, and a second protein called tau is found in the tangles that kill brain cells. Now, working with a form of the tau protein, Washington University researchers have uncovered a gene variation that appears to influence the rate at which Alzheimer’s disease will progress. Jim Dryden reports on this.
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