A new molecular tool to remove toxic protein from neuronal models of dementia

MGH Press Release on new research from the labs of Stephen J. Haggarty and Nathanael Gray (co-first authors Fleur Ferguson and Catarina Silva). Harnessing a probe used to image the brain in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia, the team successfully cleared patient-derived brain cells of an abnormal protein associated with dementia and other neurogenerative disorders.

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