The brain's protein cleanup process may play a role in dementia - Medical Xpress
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The brain's protein cleanup process may play a role in dementia - Medical Xpress

Source:Medical Xpress
Author:Paul Arnold

Microglia are the brain’s immune cells that clean out debris, such as damaged proteins and old cell parts, to keep the organ healthy. But the very properties that make these cells so useful might also be a driving factor in Alzheimer’s disease. According to a…