Copper folds protein into precursors of Parkinson's plaques
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at North Carolina State University have figured out how copper induces misfolding in the protein associated with Parkinson's disease, leading to creation of the fibrillar plaques which characterize the disease. This finding has implications for both the study of Parkinson's progression, as well as for future treatments.