HOUSTON: A new study has identified the tau protein as a much more crucial component of Alzheimer’s.
Similar to amyloid beta, those with Alzheimer’s appear to have misfolded tau that builds up and spreads throughout the brain. This also leads to the neuron death, as the tau protein normally assists in the transport of materials within neurons.
The discovery was made by examining 3600 postmortem brains that had been donated to science…