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Alzheimer Disease
University of British Columbia and AnaSpec Present Poster at ICAD 2008
September 12th, 2008
In a collaborative effort, the University of British Columbia and AnaSpec, Inc. presented a poster at the 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease entitled "Alzheimer Disease Tangles and Threads Display Multiple Tau Phosphorylation Sites". Authored by Jian-Ping Guo, Claudia Schwab, Daniel Hsieh-Hsin Li, Jack Jianyuan Liu, Cecilia Po and Patrick L McGeer, the poster documented the presence of multiple Tau phosphorylation sites in Alzheimer Disease tangles and threads. As the abstract noted, insoluble tau accumulations are characteristeric of AD and many other tauopathies. They occur primarily in the form of neurofibrillary tangles(NFTs) and threads. Tau is...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-09-12)
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