Two pathologies drive the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Around the time symptoms emerge, tau tangles take over as the driving force, and cognition steadily declines. There has been no easy way to measure tau tangles in the brain. Now, researchers have identified a form of tau that could serve as a marker to track Alzheimer’s progression.<br /><br />
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University in Sweden have identified a form of tau that could serve as a marker to track Alzheimer’s progression. It could speed drug development.
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Two pathologies drive the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Early on, amyloid beta plaques lead the way, but around the time cognitive symptoms arise, tau tangles take over as the driving force and cognition steadily declines.
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