Astrocytes engineered to fight Alzheimer's plaques - PubMed
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- #Alzheimer's disease
- #CAR-A therapy
- #Astrocytes
- Astrocytes have been genetically altered to combat Alzheimer's disease.
- The engineered astrocytes target and reduce amyloid-β plaques, a key pathological feature of Alzheimer's.
- This approach is referred to as chimeric antigen receptor astrocyte (CAR-A) therapy.
- The study was published in Science in March 2026.