Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Do 'microglia' hold the key to stop Alzheimer's disease?

Scientists have studied how specialized brain cells called microglia respond to the accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain, a feature typical of Alzheimer's. The three major disease risk factors for Alzheimer's -- age, sex and genetics -- all affect microglia response, raising the possibility that drugs that modulate this response could be useful for treatment.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2PExEe6

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