Watch Tau Infiltrate Brain in Alzheimer’s (VIDEO)

Stevens Institute of Technology

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A digital representation of toxic tau progression in an Alzheimer’s brain. On the left is the digital brain model reconstructed from a medical brain scan, the middle shows the gradual infestation of brain with toxic tau, and the right shows the model’s prediction of tau protein distribution at mid-stage of the disease.

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Stevens Institute of Technology

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