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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Alzheimer’s discovery could curb spread of disease, researchers say (in the Toronto Star)

"Two independent studies by teams of Columbia and Harvard researchers looked at the brains of mice and found that the degenerative brain disease begins in one small part of the brain and spreads through an abnormal protein known as tau, which is seen in Alzheimer’s-affected brains."

Full article: Alzheimer’s discovery could curb spread of disease, researchers say.