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Team uses copper to image Alzheimer’s aggregates in the brain
November 24, 2020 by NewsBot
A proof-of-concept study conducted in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease offers new evidence that copper isotopes can be used to detect the amyloid-beta protein deposits that form in the brains of people living with -- or at risk of developing -- Alzheimer's.