{
  "id": 18170639,
  "title": "Rapid tau spread may explain why midlife Alzheimer's progresses more rapidly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/rapid-tau-spread-may-explain-why-midlife-alzheimers-progresses-more",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-04T19:00:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-rapid-tau-midlife-alzheimer-rapidly.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Patients with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, whose symptoms start before age 65, have more extensive deposits of tau, a hallmark protein of the condition, compared with patients whose symptoms start at 65-plus, a new study found. What's more, tau accumulates at more than twice the rate in younger compared to older patients and spreads widely throughout the brain.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}