A novel ganglioside-bound form of the amyloid β-protein is discovered in Alzheimer's disease (pages 1062–1066), but is it the long-sought initiator of the earliest brain lesions?
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Selkoe, D. Alzheimer's amyloid of another flavour. Nat Med 1, 998–999 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1095-998
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