A Batty Hypothesis on the Origins of Neurodegenerative Disease Resurfaces
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 09:42
in Biology & Nature
Sprawling blooms of cyanobacteria have swathed the surfaces of lakes and oceans around the world for billions of years. But the serene, blue-green algae may be leaching a neurotoxin into the aquatic food chain, according to a study published May 3 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ). The report revived a nearly 50-year-old debate over the role, if any, of the toxin in the process of neurodegeneration. [More] Toxin - Cyanobacteria - Neurotoxin - Lake - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences