A new study led by UB researchers shows that wasteosomes —structures that act as containers for brain waste products— indicate a malfunction of the glymphatic system, a recently discovered system that is an important brain-cleaning mechanism.

The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was carried out by a research team from the UB Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, the UB Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro) and the Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED). It has been directed by professors Carme Pelegrí and Jordi Vilaplana, with the participation of Marta Riba and Jaume del Valle, from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, UBNeuro and CIBERNED, and Laura Molina-Porcel, from the Neurological Tissue Bank of the Biobank of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and IDIBAPS.

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