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Specialized Tanycyte Brain Cells Found to Play Key Role in Tau Clearance

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Accumulation of the protein tau in the brain is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. In a paper publishing March 5 in the Cell Press journal Cell Press Blue, researchers report a previously unknown mechanism that appears to enable the build-up of tau.
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Specialized Tanycyte Brain Cells Found to Play Key Role in Tau Clearance

Accumulation of the protein tau in the brain is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. In a paper publishing March 5 in the Cell Press journal Cell Press Blue, researchers report a previously unknown mechanism that appears to enable the build-up of tau.

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News-Medical.net broke the news in on Friday, March 6, 2026.
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