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Uncovering the Unexpected: Developing a Novel Anti-Tau Therapy

Ke Hou generated a compound that prevents tau aggregation in the murine brain, but the potential Alzheimer’s disease therapy also had a surprising property.

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Modeling the Blood-Brain Barrier in a Dish

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