New research offers hope for Alzheimer’s disease

Untangling the brain: new research offers hope for Alzheimer's disease
The development of neurodegenerative pathology resulting from low levels of the protein Rbbp7 (on the left), compared with normal levels associated with a healthy brain (on the right). Graphic by Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute. Credit: Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute at ASU

Since the discovery of Alzheimer’s disease over a century ago, two hallmarks of the devastating illness have taken center stage.

The first, known as amyloid plaques, are dense accumulations of misfolded amyloid , occurring in the spaces between . Most efforts to halt the advance of Alzheimer’s have targeted plaques. To date,…

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