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UC-San Francisco: Are Tau PET Scans 'Lighting Up' Too Much of the Brain?
February 27, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:

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Are Tau PET Scans "Lighting Up" Too Much of the Brain?

New findings help clinicians avoid over-interpretation of misfolding tau proteins and improve how scans are used for diagnosis and prognosis.

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Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to s . . .

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