UT Southwestern Celebrates ‘Big Bang’ Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Research

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s being called the “big bang” breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research. Doctors at UT Southwestern’s O’Donnell Brain Institute have detected what they believe are changes in a single molecule that could act as the starting point for the deadly, memory-stealing disease.
Scientists are fairly certain that a molecule called “tau” is the culprit.
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