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Harnessing the brain's immune cells to stave off Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases

  • Written by Kristine Zengeler, Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience, University of Virginia
Harnessing the brain's immune cells to stave off Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseasesMicroglia (colored green) play several essential roles in maintaining brain health and function. Gerry Shaw/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA

Many neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions that result from the loss of function or death of brain cells, remain largely untreatable. Most available treatments target just one of the multiple processes that...

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