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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 12:43 a.m.

New Hope For Alzheimer's Sufferers?

Alzheimer's researcher Claude Wischik has long backed a minority view: that a protein in the brain called tau-not plaque-is largely responsible. WSJ's Shirley Wang spoke with Dr. Wischik about his work on a new drug to treat the devastating disease.