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DATE: August 6, 2026 at 11:00AM
SOURCE: STAT NEWS NEUROSCIENCETITLE: STAT+: Study reveals new role for tau, a top target for Alzheimer’s drug development
In the race for new ways to treat Alzheimer’s and other devastating neurologic diseases, the protein tau has become a tantalizing target for drug developers. A new study lends support to those efforts by describing a previously unknown role that tau plays in neurodegeneration — and suggesting a novel way researchers might block the protein’s activity.
A team led by Stanford scientists found that tau can gum up the works of a cell’s mitochondria, its energy-producing powerhouse. The protein sends electrons flowing in the opposite direction of their usual microscopic relay race, a reversal that generates reactive oxygen species, cellular stress, and inflammation. Scientists found that blocking this phenomenon, known as reverse electron transport, reversed many of the harmful effects and improved learning and memory in flies and mice.
Whether the same will hold true in people is for now unclear, though an analysis of human cells grown in the lab and patient brain tissue suggests blocking the retrograde flow of electrons could make neurons healthier. Two of the study’s authors have started a biotech startup to put this idea to the test.
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Two US Gene-Editing Startups for Embryos Shut Down Amid Funding and Legal Challenges
📰 Original title: Designer Baby Companies Are in Turmoil
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/two-us-gene-editing-startups-for-embryos-shut-down-amid-funding-and-legal-challenges/?redirpost=55b2b9f0-c7f6-4c97-b9de-1e4f1d39f73b
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The optimistic case for protein foundation model companies
https://www.owlposting.com/p/the-optimistic-case-for-protein-foundation-193
#HackerNews #optimisticcase #proteinfoundation #AIinnovation #biotechstartups
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"In this wide-ranging conversation, journalist Mattha Busby joins Joe Moore to reflect on the shifting tone of the psychedelic movement in the wake of #PsychedelicScience2025.
They discuss the post-conference mood and the sense that the industry is sobering up—less hype, more introspection. Mattha reflects on the growing division between #undergroundpractitioners, #activists, and #biotechstartups, and the importance of vision, ethics, and scrutiny in the midst of this cultural moment."