Disease-Causing Protein Protects Against Nerve Damage In Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a protein associated with causing neurodegenerative conditions may, when appearing in normal amounts, actually protects against neurodegeneration.The findings, appearing in the Nov. 3 issue of the journal Cell, have surprised the researchers, because an excess of the same specific protein – alpha-synuclein – causes Parkinson’s disease.

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