W ith two new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease approved in recent years, there’s growing hope for people at risk of the ...

Dysfunctional Family. A family tree of tau folds now incorporates two new structures—P301L, P301T (bottom)—and fills in ...

Additionally, some of the therapeutic antibodies can cause serious side effects. Before I joined the group, the Eisenberg team used tau’s structure to design a six-residue, D-enantiomeric peptide ...

(Alzheimer's & Dementia) The Scientist explored the work of a researcher who had an unexpected finding while developing a novel anti-tau therapy. Nicotinamide was safe but did not alter Alzheimer ...

Tau protein is a microtubule-associated protein (MAP) known to stabilize the internal structure of neurons, binding to microtubules. These are microscopic tubular structures that support the ...