Baylor College of Medicine: Tau Transforms From 'Good Guy' to a 'Bad Guy,' Contributes to Alzheimer's Disease
November 12, 2024
November 12, 2024
HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 12 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news:
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions discovered that the enzyme TYK2 transforms the normal protein tau into one that accumulates in the brain and contributes to the development of Alzheimer's disease in animal models. Published in Nature Neuroscience, the stu . . .
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions discovered that the enzyme TYK2 transforms the normal protein tau into one that accumulates in the brain and contributes to the development of Alzheimer's disease in animal models. Published in Nature Neuroscience, the stu . . .