UC-San Francisco: This Cellular Hazmat Team Cleans Up Tau. Can It Prevent Dementia?
January 30, 2026
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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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, . . .