new alteration in the brain of people with Alzheimer's discovered

(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) New research led by Spanish scientists suggest that the altered glycosylation could determine that the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) is processed by the amyloidogenic (pathological) pathway, giving rise to the production of the beta-amyloid, a small protein with a tendency to cluster forming the amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news