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Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have turned to concepts from polymer physics to better understand a central feature of Alzheimer's disease: the formation of tau protein fibrils.

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If uric acid levels rise too much, it can crystallize in the joints and kidneys, causing gout, kidney disease and a number of related conditions.

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"Mitochondrial problems show up in so many diseases -- heart failure, diabetes, fatty liver disease," Summers says.

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Victoria was six years old when her brother died of the disease.

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Polygenic scoring combs through a person's DNA and calculates how likely they may be to develop a disease.

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