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Tiny protein dismantles the toxic clumps behind Alzheimer’s

Tiny protein dismantles the toxic clumps behind Alzheimer’s

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital demonstrated for the first time that the protein midkine plays a preventative role against Alzheimer’s disease. Midkine is known to accumulate in Alzheimer’s disease patients. Now, researchers have connected it with amyloid beta, a protein that accumulates in the brain, causing assemblies that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s. In work published on August …

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