Unraveling misfolded molecules using 'reprogrammed' yeast protein could lead to new brain disease therapies
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 13:50
in Health & Medicine
At the heart of brain diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease is protein misfolding. At present, there is no known way to reverse protein misfolding. But researchers have found a possible way to unravel misfolded proteins by "reprogramming" a common yeast protein.