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• n  neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic

• In essence, the brain perceives microscopic shards of beta amyloid as foreign bodies, and primitive immune cells called microglia that serve as biological garbage collectors .
• In essence, the brain perceives microscopic shards of beta amyloid as foreign bodies, and primitive immune cells called microglia that serve as biological garbage collectors try to .
• In essence, the brain perceives microscopic shards of beta amyloid as foreign bodies, and primitive immune cells called microglia that serve as biological garbage .

News & Articles

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• A circuitous route to therapy resistance
  ( Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres ) Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University Hospital have discovered a cause of resistance to therapy in cases of brain cancer. Microglia cells migrate into tumors and supply cancer cells with a substance needed for the repair of DNA damage. The cells thus escape programmed cell death (apoptosis). Blocking this ...
  June 26, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Andrew Luster in Hindu
  By showing that microglia have a protective role in helping remove amyloid-beta from the brain, our findings suggest that enhancing the accumulation of these cells may be beneficial to patients with early-stage Alzheimer's disease,says Andrew...