Gek-Ming Sia, PhD, UT Health San Antonio (IMAGE)

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Gek-Ming Sia, PhD, UT Health San Antonio

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Gek-Ming Sia, PhD, and colleagues in the Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio discovered a new class of proteins that spare synapses from elimination. Increasing the numbers of these proteins could be a therapeutic target in treating Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.

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