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alzheimers
Title: alzheimers
Category: Science & Technology
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alzheimers
In today's society there are many diseases. With technology and
medical breakthroughs many of these diseases are treatable and
somtimes curable, but in the case of alzheimer's disease there is no
way to prevent this disease and there is no recovery. Many questions
are asked about this disease such as: What is alzheimers disease?
Who gets alzheimers disease? Are there any cures? What causes
this disease? Countless research has been done to answer questions
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protien known as tau is found in these tangles. Some of these
medical experts believe that this defective version blocks the activity
of normal tau protiens, which help in the assembly of a microtubule
structure. The second significant finding is a high concentration of
plaques (sticky patches) of a protien known as beta amyloid, which
forms patches neuritic plaques. These plaques are found outside the
nerve cells surrounded by the debris of dying neurons
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