Scientists Use Living Human Brain Tissue To Reveal Alzheimer’s Secrets

Scientists Use Living Human Brain Tissue To Reveal Alzheimer’s Secrets

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Scientists Use Living Human Brain Tissue To Reveal Alzheimer’s SecretsLive human brain slices show that only a razor‑thin balance of amyloid beta keeps synapses safe. Any disruption, even slight, can rapidly trigger Alzheimer’s-like damage. For the first time, researchers have shown using living human brain tissue how a toxic variant of a protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease can attach to and damage the connections between […]

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