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BME Professor Michael Mayer Featured in U-M News Regarding Alzheimer's Discovery

Core faculty member Michael Mayer PhD, is featured in an article published on the U-M News Services website. The article highlights the inclusion of a paper published in the May 2009 issue of the Journal of Neurotoxicity Research. The paper is titled "Amyloid-beta-induced ion flux in artificial lipid bilayers and neuronal cells: Resolving a controversy." Professor Mayer, along with his colleagues', research moves to settle a longstanding debate about cell death and memory loss in Alzheimer's patients. Their research is being partially funded by the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Translational Partnership Program. Visit the news services site for the rest of the article.

Posted on April 17, 2009, 2:47 pm