Word: amyloid
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...several years, researchers have known that the brain cells of Alzheimer's victims are clogged with an overabundance of beta amyloid. The sticky protein forms plaques that can kill the cells, gradually producing memory loss. But why do some people have an excess of the amyloid, and why does it accumulate in the brain...