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A newly characterized form of tau may be involved in initiating Alzheimer’s disease
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A newly characterized form of tau may be involved in initiating Alzheimer’s disease

by Brandon Chase, Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe tau protein accumulates in abnormal shapes in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but the early steps of tau misfolding and aggregation are unknown. A team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Boston Children’s Hospital, recently used advanced proteomics methods to...