Baylor College of Medicine Scientists Find Tubulin Protein Prevents Tau and Alpha-Synuclein Clumping in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

One protein may prevent brain process linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

What matters isn’t the condensate—it’s whether tubulin is present, an associate professor told Newsweek.

Baylor College of Medicine Scientists Find Tubulin Protein Prevents Tau and Alpha-Synuclein Clumping in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

Baylor scientists reported June 21, 2026, in Nature Communications that tubulin prevents Tau and alpha-synuclein from forming toxic aggregates — a potential pre-disease intervention.