Molecular mechanism at root of familial amyloidosis and other diseases
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
A team of local researchers has proposed a molecular mechanism that may be responsible for the development of life-threatening diseases called amyloidoses. The best known of such diseases is Alzheimer's disease, but there are many others that are receiving increased scrutiny, in part because of mounting evidence linking them to atherosclerosis and aging.