Unraveling Alzheimer's: Clues May Be Found Visualizing Plaques In Human Brain, Mad Cow-type Diseases
Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:00 AM EST
... An exciting new tracer allows visualization of abnormal protein deposits -- called amyloid plaques -- in human diseases like Alzheimer's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob and in prion diseases in animals like scrapie (similar to mad cow disease), according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and CHRU Tours in France. ...
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