Brain discovery holds key to boosting body’s ability to fight Alzheimer’s, MS (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Brain discovery holds key to boosting body’s ability to fight Alzheimer’s, MS

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UVA neuroscientist John Lukens, PhD, said the new discovery "provides a potent strategy to eliminate the toxic culprits that cause memory loss and impaired motor control in neurodegenerative disease.”

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Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications

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