Research Roundup: Stressing Cells May Mitigate Dementia and Another Clue to Parkinson's Disease - BioSpace

Tangles of toxic proteins are associated with various dementias, such as Alzheimer's disease. Often, these tangles are misfolded proteins. Now, researchers have identified a new mechanism that might reverse the build-up of these aggregates.

Proteins are not static structures, they move and fold. In different shapes, they sometimes have different functions. And sometimes, when they misfold, they cause certain diseases, such as Creutzfeld… [+7189 chars]

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