Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer's disease
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Vanderbilt researchers created VU6083859, the first selective inhibitor of TAOK-1, a poorly understood protein connected to Alzheimer's disease, and discovered a second compound (VU6080195) that activates the entire TAOK protein family, offering new research tools to unlock disease mechanisms.
These are research tool compounds, not treatments; clinical translation remains future research.
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