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Hsp104: Baker's Yeast Protein May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease

Posted on August 16, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Dmitriy Shironosov Parkinson's disease is characterized by nerve cell death brought about brought about by protein-clumping. While there is no treatment available to alter the course of the disease, researchers continue to elucidate the said mechanism leading to Parkinson's.Clinicians do not fully understand the process and cause of Parkinson's disease. However, researchers believe that a protein called alpha-synuclein misfolds and clumps in many forms of the disease, and that this process is intimately tied to the selective death of dopamine-producing neurons th...

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