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WashU Medicine researchers developed a model to estimate when Alzheimer's disease symptoms will begin based on the accumulation of amyloid and tau proteins in the brain. These proteins build up predictably over time, like tree rings, providing scientists with a clock for Alzheimer's symptoms.

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Sara Moser/WashU Medicine

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