Discovery of elemental metals in brain raises hope for Alzheimer's treatments
Discovery of elemental metals in brain raises hope for Alzheimer’s treatments 09/06/2021, 7:02 pm Scientists using intense X-ray beams at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron facility in Harwell, Oxfordshire, to examine amyloid plaques in brain tissue (Neil Telling/James Everett/Keele University) An “unexpected” discovery of tiny metal deposits in their native form in the human brain has raised hopes of potential new therapies for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. An international team of researchers, led by experts at Keele University, have found nanoparticles – ar...
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