AMiNDR: A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

101 - Treatments targeting tau protein in Alzheimer's Disease: September 2020

Episode Summary

In this episode, Marcia will cover papers published in Sept 2020 on treatment development for AD with special focus on the tau protein. She discusses tau in its role as a microtubule-associated protein and the related use of microtubule-stabilizing agents in treating AD. She also talks about papers on immunotherapy, autophagy, and inhibiting tau hyperphosphorylation. Tune in to hear about all of this and more!

Episode Notes

In this episode, Marcia will cover papers published in Sept 2020 on treatment development for AD with special focus on the tau protein. She discusses tau in its role as a microtubule-associated protein and the related use of microtubule-stabilizing agents in treating AD. She also talks about papers on immunotherapy, autophagy, and inhibiting tau hyperphosphorylation. Tune in to hear about all of this and more! 

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Today's episode was scripted and hosted by Marcia Jude, reviewed by Elyn Rowe, and edited by Yvonne Deng. Big thanks to Elyn Rowe and Jacques Ferreira for sorting all the papers published in September into themes for our episodes, and props to the team that works very hard behind the scenes to make all this possible. 

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