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Virginia Tech

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Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that could account for some of the neural degeneration and memory loss in people with Alzheimers disease. A buildup of misfolded proteins causes an exoskeleton (in blue) to form around blood vessels (in gold) in the brain.

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