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UC-San Francisco: This Cellular Hazmat Team Cleans Up Tau. Can It Prevent Dementia?
January 30, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:

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This Cellular Hazmat Team Cleans Up Tau. Can It Prevent Dementia?

By Levi Gadye

Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a hazardous waste collector in the brain that disposes of the toxic clumps of tau protein that can lead to dementia.

Neurons with more of this garbage collector protein, . . .

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