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Science in Pictures

AuthorScott LaFee
Date

January 8, 2024

An Alzheimer’s disease brain cell is depicted in this transmission electron micrograph. Abnormal tangles of the protein tau (red) lie in the cytoplasm (yellow) of the cell body, adjacent to the nucleus (green).  These tangles, with beta-amyloid plaques, are hallmarks of the degenerative neurological condition.

Image courtesy of Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, UC San Diego.