Mechanism underlying Alzheimer-like damage in the brain of patients with Down Syndrome elucidated

Precisely why Alzheimer-like changes -- marked by the build-up of harmful amyloid and tau proteins -- occur in the brain in Down syndrome has been unclear. But now, in new research, scientists show that reduced efficiency of a key protein transport system is partly to blame.

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