A change in a single amino acid determines which species are vulnerable, study finds COLUMBUS, Ohio—Researchers studying a protein that causes a hereditary degenerative brain disease in humans have discovered that the human, mouse and hamster forms of the protein, which have nearly identical amino acid sequences, exhibit distinct three-dimensional structures at the atomic level....
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New treatment direction sought in Parkinson’s by blocking the blocker of a natural protection
IMAGE: OXIDATIVE STRESS PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THE BRAIN CELL LOSS THAT OCCURS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE. NOW SCIENTISTS HAVE THEIR SIGHTS ON A PROTEIN THAT INHIBITS ONE OF THE BODY’S… AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 6, 2017) – Oxidative stress plays a big role in the brain cell loss that occurs in Parkinson’s disease. Now scientists...
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New treatment approach for autoimmune disorder
Formation of extracellular structures from white blood cells, after stimulation with ANCA autoantibodies. Researchers from Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been able to improve their understanding of the key mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of a serious autoimmune disease. For the first time, researchers were able to demonstrate a close link between the activation of programmed...
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Muscles out of the spray can
A network of muscle fibers grows on spun plastic scaffold. Under a confocal laser scanning microscope the muscle fibers appear in red, and the cell nuclei in blue. An artificial heart would be an absolute lifesaver for people with cardiac failure. However, to recreate the complex organ in the laboratory, one would first need...