Study finds how toxic proteins accumulate in Alzheimer's disease

JERUSALEM, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Israeli, Dutch, and Scottish researchers found how toxic proteins, which are involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease, accumulate in the brain, the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) said in a statement published on Tuesday.

In a study led by the Technion and published in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers focused on the more common type of the disease, Sporadic Alzheimer's, which is not caused by genetic mutations as in the rare Familial Alzheimer's.