Research finds ‘Trojan horse’ spreading Alzheimer’s-causing toxin

Professor Götz said they had discovered for the first time that a mechanism of the brain unfortunately punches holes in these sacs, which allows the tau protein to spill out.

“This is all a natural mechanism of the cells in the brain, it’s almost like these cells are acting like Trojan horses, they contain these proteins that spill out and cause this damaging effect.” he said.

Professor Götz said now that they have an understanding of how the protein is spreading through the brain, they can work on ways to halt its spread before it affects large areas of a sufferer’s neural network.

“When you have a disease confined to a small area of the brain, from a therapeutic point of view it’s a lot easier to target,” he said.

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