Alzheimer’s Protein Associated with Increased Cancer Risk

Various proteins have been linked with pathogenesis for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s (AD) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). For instance, mutations within the microtubule-associated protein tau have been shown to cause neurofibrillary tangles, a hallmark of AD. However now, a team of Italian investigators at the IRCCS Foundation Carlo Besta Neurological Institute in Milan have just uncovered a novel role for mutated tau protein as a potential risk factor in the d