How protein aggregation can lead to neurodegenerative diseases
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 11:38
in Biology & Nature
Protein aggregation underlies several neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s chorea or Parkinson’s. Scientists in Germany have now discovered a fundamental mechanism which explains how toxic protein aggregation occurs and why it leads to a widespread impairment of essential cellular functions.