Cancer-Like Mutations in Brain Immune Cells May Fuel Alzheimer's Neuroinflammation
Somatic mutations found in cancer driver genes accumulate in Alzheimer's brain macrophages, potentially driving the neuroinflammation that accelerates disease.
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Somatic mutations found in cancer driver genes accumulate in Alzheimer's brain macrophages, potentially driving the neuroinflammation that accelerates disease.
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