A new study provides additional evidence that amyloid-beta protein -- which is deposited in the form of beta-amyloid plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease -- is a normal part of the innate immune system, the body's first-line defense against infection.

Source: Human amyloid-beta acts as natural ...ciated amyloid plaques may trap microbes


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