Possible common thread between many neurodegenerative diseases: Discovery reveals that a protein normally involved in clearing cells of molecular debris can clump into fibrils, potentially hobbling cells - Science Daily

Researchers reveal a new fibril in diseased brains, one formed by a protein normally busy cleaning cells.

Take a cell-deep tour of a brain afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, and you will find minuscule clumps of protein that seem suspicious. Ever since the 1980s, when neuroscientists began identifying t… [+5782 chars]

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