Compound Clears Waste, Shields Neurons in Dementia Model

Researchers at WashU Medicine have shown that a novel compound they developed can clear a harmful protein from human neurons modeling frontotemporal dementia (shown) and prevent those neurons from dying. (Image: Farzane Mirfakhar)
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