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Translating cell biology into therapeutic advances in Alzheimer's disease.
Nature - 24 Jun 1999
Selkoe D J
Abstract excerpt
Studies of the molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease exemplify the increasingly blurred distinction between basic and applied biomedical research. The four genes so far implicated in familial Alzheimer's disease have each been shown to elevate brain levels of the self-aggregating amyloid-beta protein, leading gradually to profound neuronal and glial alteration, synaptic loss and dementia. Progress in...
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