Researchers Find Another Origin For Alzheimer’s

New findings on the origins of Alzheimer’s disease, if confirmed, could turn prevailing theories on their heads, researchers contend.Scientists reporting in the Jan. 18 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience said the neurodegenerative disease may be triggered when adult nerve cells, or neurons, try to divide.The work was done in mice and needs to be confirmed in subsequent studies, the researchers stressed. However, the results may provide additional insight into the early cellular events that lead to Alzheimer’s in humans.

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