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UrduRecent studies have led to the development of imaging and spinal fluid tests for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. However, the tests can only monitor severe disease. Reporting in ACS Chemical Neuroscience, researchers have now identified a biomarker that could help physicians diagnose AD earlier.
Tag: Tau Proteins
UC San Diego Receives $1.3M from W. M. Keck Foundation to Study Origins of Dementia
UC San Diego researchers received a $1.3 million grant from the Keck Foundation for a project that could help scientists better understand the role misfolded tau proteins play in causing neurodegenerative diseases like dementia, which may lead to more effective drug therapies.
New Method Identifies Tau Aggregates Occurring in Healthy Body Structures
Researchers used microscopy and machine learning to distinguish tau protein aggregates occurring as part of healthy functions from those occurring in disease