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Medicine
fromInsideHook
1 week ago

Could This Type of Cell Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease?

Tanycytes in the hypothalamus show degradation in Alzheimer's patients, suggesting these cells may play a crucial role in tau protein removal and disease development.
Science
fromNature
1 week ago

Mysterious brain cells clear proteins that contribute to Alzheimer's disease

Tanycytes, specialized brain cells, transport toxic tau proteins from cerebrospinal fluid into the bloodstream, but malfunction in Alzheimer's disease, causing tau accumulation in the brain.
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