Protective Pathway In Stressed Cells Not So Helpful When It Comes To Prions
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 07:49
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have discovered that an important cellular quality control mechanism may actually be toxic to some brain cells during prion infection. The research proposes a new general mechanism of cellular dysfunction that can contribute to the devastating and widespread neuronal death characteristic of slowly progressing neurodegenerative diseases.