Figuring out Alzheimer’s

Figuring out Alzheimer's
Despite many years of research, Alzheimer’s disease is still incurable. A group of researchers which included PhD student Dusan Mrdenovic from the IPC PAS set themselves the goal of deciphering the mechanisms leading to its development. The leader of the team — Dr. Piotr Pieta, poses here inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital. Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski

One of the tasks of scientists’ work is to explain how the world functions. Their research ideas may often seem unrealistic but, as it turns out, their research may truly help a great many of us.

This is the case with the research work of Dr. Piotr Pieta’s team at the IPC PAS. He has shown how the size of the of beta-amyloid—a…

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