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A protein’s surprise role in Alzheimer’s
Medical school researchers find that an unexpected culprit plays a part in triggering dementia
In 1906, the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer first described the disease that now bears his name, noting that clumps of protein known as plaques had built up between nerve cells in the brain of one of his patients who suffered from dementia. But in the century...
How membranes get the bends
In cells, as in people, flexibility is important. To move, communicate, divide, or shuttle cargo about their interiors, cells must shape membranes—the fatty sheets that form their outer boundaries and the borders of...
Supporting medical education
Each spring, fourth-year students at medical schools across the country eagerly anticipate Match Day, when students receive word of acceptance in residency training programs. It is a joyous day—the reward for four years...
Advances
It is well known that stress and anger are not heart-healthy, but a new School of Medicine study,...
Read more...Drug can curb both smoking and drinking
That roughly 60 percent of alcoholics smoke is not surprising, since scientists have shown that...
Read more...Living dangerously, in more ways than one
Evolutionary biologists are intrigued by Methanopyrus kandleri, a single-celled organism that...
Read more...A new syndrome, a new role for a gene
An international team led by Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., chair and Sterling Professor of...
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