Refined peptide takes aim at root cause of Parkinson’s disease
Misfolding alpha-synuclein (αS) proteins are considered key players in the development of Parkinson’s disease, giving rise to toxic clumps called Lewy bodies that kill off important brain cells. As such, a lot of research focuses on preventing this type of protein dysfunction, and scientists at the University of Bath have now made a breakthrough with the development of a finely engineered peptide, which produced “very exciting” results in early experiments.
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