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Signs of Alzheimer’s found in chimpanzees for the first time

1 August 2017

Our closest evolutionary relatives develop Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles too but don’t necessarily get dementia - a finding that may need to new treatments

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Signs of Alzheimer’s found in chimpanzees for the first time

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