Mutations in the tau gene that cause frontotemporal dementia wreak all manner of neuronal havoc, from endolysosomal traffic jams to mitochondrial distress to a standstill in nucleocytoplasmic ...
The first synthetic fragment of tau protein has been created, revealing more about the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers at Northwestern University (IL, USA) and the ...
Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California, Santa Barbara have created the first synthetic fragment of tau protein that acts like a prion. The "mini prion" folds and stacks ...