AdvertisementToxic Tau Of Alzheimer's May Offer A Path To TreatmentNovember 17, 2014Jon HamiltonfacebookEmailA tangle of protein (green) in this scanning electron micrograph of a brain cell of an Alzheimer's patient lies within the cytoplasm (blue) of the cell. The tangle consists of clumps of a toxic form of tau. (Corbis)