Researchers pinpoint where Alzheimer's protein tangles begin to lock in
In short
- Researchers at Northwestern University and UC Santa Barbara identified a specific contact point on tau proteins.
- Tau misfolding is the process the source says drives Alzheimer's disease.
- The finding was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Alzheimer's treatments have struggled to slow the disease, and knowing exactly where tau tangles begin narrows the search. The source says the site could be targeted with drugs designed to slow tangle formation. This is an early laboratory-stage finding, and drugs built on it would still need years of testing before reaching patients.
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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Researchers at Northwestern University and UC Santa Barbara identified a specific contact point on tau proteins where the misfolding that drives Alzheimer’s disease begins. The finding, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests the site could be targeted with drugs designed to slow tau tangle […] The post New research identifies the exact spot where Alzheimer’s protein tangles lock in first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News .
