Discovery Of Similar Structures In Sanfilippo Syndrome And Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers seeking to understand the causes of a rare genetic lysosomal storage disease, Sanfilippo syndrome type B, were surprised to find protein aggregates, known as neurofibrillary tangles, that are usually seen in Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, according to a study published May 4 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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