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Sunday, January 21, 2007

How brain protein turns toxic in Alzheimer's disease - health - 21 January 2007 - New Scientist

How brain protein turns toxic in Alzheimer's disease - health - 21 January 2007 - New Scientist: "The long-suspected link between Alzheimer's disease and abnormalities in the way amyloid protein is processed in the brain has been confirmed at last.

Usually harmless, the amyloid protein is thought to trigger neurological damage when it is broken down and transformed into toxic fragments of beta-amyloid. Previous studies have shown that people with Alzheimer's have reduced levels of several proteins involved in processing amyloid."

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