(Gladstone Institutes) Amyloid beta proteins, widely thought to cause Alzheimer's disease, block the transport of vital cargoes inside brain cells. Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease have discovered that reducing the level of another protein, tau, can prevent amyloid beta from causing such traffic jams.
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