Lessons From Yeast: A Possible Cure For Parkinson's Disease?
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 17:21
in Biology & Nature
Parkinson disease is a debilitating and lethal neurodegenerative disease, for which there is currently no cure. However, new data have provided evidence to support that idea that agents that disrupt the formation of the abnormal aggregates of a protein called alpha-syn that characterize the brain of individuals with PD might have therapeutic effects.