Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests
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Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates Fine-particulate air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia by triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein that destroy nerve cells as they spread through the brain, research suggests. Exposure to the airborne particles causes proteins […]