Midkine protein plays a preventive role against Alzheimer’s disease (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Midkine protein plays a preventive role against Alzheimer’s disease

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Published today in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Van Andel Institute uncovered the inhibitory effects of the protein midkine on amyloid beta assembly, with potential implications for Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery efforts.

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