WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A five-year, $2.53 million grant from the National Institute on Aging will give Wake Forest Baptist Health researchers a leg up in defining early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease.
The study will look at the way microscopic tubes in the brain deteriorate over time, a potential early indicator of Alzheimer’s.
“Microtubules are message carriers within neurons that are very tightly bundled in a healthy brain,” said Kiran Solingapuram Sai, Ph.D.
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