The discovery by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) that the neu-ropathological hallmarks of different tauopathies, including Alzheimer’s disease, corticobasal degeneration (CBD), and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), are caused by unique misfolded conformations of the protein tau is among the most profound developments in neurodegenerative disease research. The gene discussed is MAPT; the disease is supranuclear palsy, progressive, 1.