Harmful tau spreads like self-propagating prion proteins
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02778-w Structural studies support the idea that fibrillized tau protein, a feature of neurodegenerative disorders, acts as a prion-like template to induce misfolding in healthy tau.
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