The brain can direct the immune system to an unexpected degree, capable of detecting, ramping up and tamping down inflammation, shows a new study in mice from researchers at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University in Sweden have discovered a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease in the cerebrospinal fluid known as MTBR-tau243 can be used to track the progression of the disease and could speed drug development.
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