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On the Cutting Edge: Treatments for some of the most common and deadly diseases

treatments Alzheimer's is the leading cause of dementia, a degenerative disease that results in a gradual decrease in a person's ability to think and communicate. Although the exact cause of Alzheimer's is not known, the disease is characterised by the loss of neurons in the brain. The proteins amyloid and tau cause plaques and tangles to form around the brain's cells,