![Curly orange strands of tau proteins inside a neuron along with two large spherical dark-orange molecules and smaller indigo blue molecules scattered around.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-09/tau%20proteins.jpg?itok=nSzA2zGV)
Tau proteins (red-orange) can impede normal functioning inside a neuron.
New BrightFocus-funded research by Kristie Stefanoska, PhD, explores how a protein called tau, critical to Alzheimer’s, turns from a normal to a diseased state. This discovery presents a new target to potentially prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease.
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