ScienceDaily (Feb. 29, 2008) — The cancer-related protein Akt may profoundly influence the fate of the tau protein, which forms bundles of tangled nerve cell fibers in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease, reports a new study led by researchers at the University of South Florida and the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. The findings may provide another piece of the puzzle in figuring out how tau proteins can poison nerve cells in the brain.
