Health: Mutant prions help cells foil harmful protein misfolding

Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

Misfolded proteins are implicated in many incurable neurological diseases. A new and improved understanding of how naturally occurring variants keep proteins from bunching up and spreading provides more options for developing a treatment than scientists had realized.

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