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an enzyme that triggers the production of nitric oxide. Although normally turned on during infection and needed to help immune cells destroy invading pathogens, it is not normally found in the brain, where it may cause cellular damage that destroys neurons. It's found in the brain lesions of Alzheimer’s patients, where it appears to worsen the damage.

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