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A transgenic triple scores a home run

Plaques and tangles populate the brains of people with Alzheimer disease. A mouse model that contains both of these lesions is providing insights into how the proteins that make up these hallmarks of the disease interact.

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Cole, G. A transgenic triple scores a home run. Nat Med 12, 762–763 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0706-762

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