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Dormant threat: Abnormal proteins unleash latent toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases
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Dormant threat: Abnormal proteins unleash latent toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases

by DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology)  Though neurodegenerative diseases are becoming more common in today’s aging societies, the exact way in which accumulated abnormal proteins become toxic to neurons is unknown. In a recent study conducted at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, scientists have discovered a new mechanism of...

Dormant threat: Abnormal proteins unleash latent toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases
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Dormant threat: Abnormal proteins unleash latent toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases

DGIST (DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) IMAGE: (FROM THE LEFT) DR. MIN JEE KWON FROM HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, MYEONG HOON HAN AND BYUNG SU KO (RIGHT), DOCTORAL STUDENTS AT DGIST BRAIN AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES, AND PROF. SUNG BAE LEE DISCOVERED HOW ABNORMAL NEURONAL PROTEINS BECOME TOXIC IN NEURO DEGENERATIVE DISEASES. Thanks to modern...