Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute genetically sequenced every cell in the brain’s immune system (microglia). In Alzheimer’s disease, they found Disease-Associated Microglia (DAM) trying to keep the brain healthy, but restrained due to insufficient or mutated key regulatory proteins like TREM2. It may lead to new therapies.

https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/over-dam-cells-rejuvenate-brain

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