Amyloid-β ‘seeds’ in old vials of growth hormone

Tien Phat V. Huynh; David M. Holtzman

doi:10.1038/d41586-018-07604-6

Amyloid-β ‘seeds’ in old vials of growth hormone

Tien Phat V. Huynh, David M. Holtzman

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Some samples of human growth hormone used as therapy until the mid-1980s contain amyloid-β peptide and cause genetically modified mice to develop amyloid-β deposits in the brain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	354-355
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	564
Issue number	7736
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07604-6
State	Published - Dec 20 2018

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Alzheimer's disease
Neurodegeneration

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Amyloid-β ‘seeds’ in old vials of growth hormone

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