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Structural analysis shows Alzheimer's disease mutation produces 'cottonwool' structures in the brain
But in about 1 ... the amyloid precursor protein," explains Yoshitaka Ishii of the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research. Some of these mutations promote misfolding of the amyloid beta ...
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Why Alzheimer’s Scientists Are Re-thinking the Amyloid Hypothesis
Recent studies implicate the immune system and a herpes virus as potential contributors to development of the disease.