A jab under the skin quiets the protein tied to Alzheimer's tangles

In Pasadena, Arrowhead researchers reported that a single injection under the skin lowered tau — a protein that builds up harmfully in Alzheimer's disease — by an average of 73% in healthy volunteers, with the deepest drop at 85%. It is the first clinical proof that this kind of gene-silencing medicine can cross the barrier that protects the brain, a wall that has blocked many treatments before.

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