The 'Big Bang' of Alzheimer's (VIDEO)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered the "Big Bang" of Alzheimer's disease - the precise point at which a healthy protein becomes toxic but has not yet formed deadly tangles in the brain.

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