Scientists may have found how Alzheimer's kills brain cells

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Alzheimer's diseasebrain cell deathkaryoptosisfrontotemporal dementia

Author: doctaj

Date: 7/6/2026

Article Summary:
Scientists have identified a previously overlooked mechanism of brain cell death, karyoptosis, that appears to play a major role in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia.