Alzheimer’s disease may damage brain
Alzheimer’s disease has long been studied primarily as a disease of neurons. But researchers have now shown how the disease may be damaging the brain by choking off blood flow. In experiments published June 10 in Neuron, scientists at Rockefeller University reveal that amyloid-, which builds up around brain cells in Alzheimer’s patients, interacts with a common blood clotting agent to increase …
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Alzheimer’s disease may damage brain
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