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Scientists Discovered Why Some Brain Cells Survive Alzheimer’s While Others Don’t
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Scientists Discovered Why Some Brain Cells Survive Alzheimer’s While Others Don’t

Alzheimer’s disease does not destroy all brain cells equally. Some neurons accumulate toxic tau proteins and die. Others, sitting in the same brain, exposed to the same disease environment, survive. Scientists have long known this pattern exists, but could not explain why. A new study from UCLA Health and UC San Francisco has now answered…