Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's ...

Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease by latching on to them, forming a sort of external stomach and releasing ...

Metal plaques listing the names of people who died in World War One and World War Two have been stolen from memorial gates. While two large plaques remain, two smaller ones have been taken from ...

Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease by latching on to them, forming a sort of external stomach and ...

"We found that the cells basically attach a lysosome onto a large plaque, and they expel enzymes into the space that can digest the amyloid," said Frederick Maxfield, M.S. '73, Ph.D. '77, the ...