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• Scientists say a protein called beta amyloid is responsible for most of the damage to the brain and the symptoms of the disease.
• Scientists have shown how the body's natural way of ridding the body of the toxic protein amyloid-beta is flawed in people with the disease.
• No one knew where this pesky filament came from until 1987, when researchers discovered it was part of a larger molecule they dubbed the amyloid-precursor protein (APP).
• Alzheimer's, called amyloid beta proteins, PhysOrg reports.