Understanding Alzheimer’s through cell analysis and sex-specific research

Understanding Alzheimer's through cell analysis and sex-specific research
Dr. Le Zhang (right) and Dr. Stephen Strittmatter (left) are working to uncover, for the first time, sex-specific differences in the origins of Alzheimer’s disease by studying individual cells. Credit: Yale University

The average human brain is the most complicated structure on Earth. Weighing in at three pounds, this amazing organ controls all of the body’s functions, manages interactions with the outside world, stores and retrieves memories, designs skyscrapers and spaceships, directs dreams, drives creative pursuits, and forges our personalities.

These organic computers contain about 100 billion individual cells, a little more than a quarter of a percent of the 37 trillion cells estimated to…

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