Health
Research finds ‘Trojan horse’ spreading Alzheimer’s-causing toxin – Brisbane Times
Researchers are a step closer in understanding the complex tangle of Alzheimer’s disease, discovering how a toxic protein linked to the disorder spreads through…
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, its 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…
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