The study, published today (October 8) in Cell Reports, examined both post-mortem human brain tissue and the overproduction of tau in fruit flies. RNA splicing is a mechanism of processing transcripts ...

Tau is a protein that builds up and moves between nerve cells in the brains of people living with Alzheimer’s disease, causing damage. Professor Mudher is using clever genetic manipulation in fruit ...

The drug, a peptide inhibitor called RI-AG03, was effective at preventing the build-up of Tau proteins in both lab and fruit fly studies. The research, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia ...