TORONTO, Nov. 27 /CNW/ - Amorfix Life Sciences (TSX: AMF - News), a company focused on treatments and diagnostics for brain-wasting diseases, today announced the discovery of misfolded superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) protein in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s Disease. This breakthrough result suggests that SOD1 is a common link between the two brain-wasting diseases, Alzheimer’s and ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. SOD1 has a “Jekyll-and-Hyde” nature as it normally plays an important protective role in detoxifying free radicals in the body, but when misfolded can create lethal oxidative free radicals.
