The Rogue Immune Cells That Wreck the Brain

The Rogue Immune Cells That Wreck the Brain:
"Beth Stevens thinks she has solved a mystery behind brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia...
...In one groundbreaking paper, in January, Stevens and researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard showed that aberrant microglia might play a role in schizophrenia—causing or at least contributing to the massive cell loss that can leave people with devastating cognitive defects. Crucially, the researchers pointed to a chemical pathway that might be targeted to slow or stop the disease.
Last week, Stevens and other researchers published a similar finding for Alzheimer’s..."