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Protein that causes frontotemporal dementia also implicated in Alzheimer’s disease

September 29, 2014 by

Low levels of the naturally occurring protein progranulin exacerbate cellular and cognitive dysfunction, while raising levels can prevent abnormalities in an Alzheimer's model.

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