New Form of Alzheimer's Found – in Parkinson's Disease

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Swedish researchers have found a new disease that may be a hybrid between Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

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The p-tau217 protein, considered a key biomarker of Alzheimer-related neurodegeneration, has been found in surprisingly high concentrations in healthy newborns, according to a recent study. This suggests that, rather than being toxic, it could play a role in early brain development. These results question the long-standing hypothesis about the mechanisms underlying the disease. In its normal form, tau protein is essential to the stability of neu…