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Major breakthrough in fight against Alzheimer’s, say Scots scientists

Scientists have been able to show a toxic protein linked to the disease can degrade human brain cells.

Louise Scott, ITV Reporter

Scientists in Edinburgh say they have made a major breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s.

For the first time ever, they’ve shown how a toxic protein linked to the disease can degrade human brain cells.

Cutting-edge technology allows them to experiment using live human brain tissue, taken during routine surgery.

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