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Patients in a new Northwestern Medicine study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names of things they saw but not verbalize them. This provides an insight into the brain degeneration that defines the rare dementia termed primary progressive aphasia.

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence platform to detect a range of neurodegenerative diseases in human brain tissue samples, including Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Their discovery will help scientists develop targeted biomarkers and therapeutics, resulting in a more accurate diagnosis of complex brain diseases.

There has been a long-held hypothesis stating that chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer’s disease tau tangles were made in the same way. However, a study utilizing cryo-electron microscopy has revealed a very different picture.