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Patient fibroblasts reprogrammed into 3D cortical neurons show detectable AD neuropathology—Aβ deposition, tau dysregulation, and neuronal death—by 4 weeks.
- Why it matters: Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology is hard to model in an age-relevant, patient-specific way, limiting study of molecular events and compound or target testing.
- What they did: The protocol directs microRNA- and chromatin-based somatic reprogramming of patient fibroblasts into neurons in 3D thin gel (3D-CNs) or self-assembled spheroids, then applies assays for Aβ, tau, and cell death.
- The result: Within 3 weeks neurons form under either condition, and by 4 weeks AD-associated features are measurable, enabling personalized, age-relevant testing of molecular mechanisms and interventions.
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