Pioneering Brain Scan Detects Destructive Proteins Linked to Alzheimer’s, National Instittute of Radiological Sciences Study

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Pioneering brain imaging that can detect the build-up of destructive proteins linked to Alzheimer’s has been developed by Japanese scientists. It could lead to new ways of diagnosing the condition and of testing the effectiveness of new drugs.The technology, reported in the journal Neuron, can identify inside a living brain clumps of a protein called tau that is closely linked to the disease.

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