A fragile cleanup system sitting on the surface of brain cells may help explain one of Alzheimer’s disease’s oldest mysteries. It may reveal how ordinary tau protein first turns into the twisted filaments tied to memory loss and cognitive decline. That is the central finding from a Columbia University team that traced the earliest stages of tau damage to a neuron-specific protein disposal system called the neuroproteasome. When that system was d…
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