by American Chemical Society Immunofluorescence images show that some α-synuclein and Pmel17 are in the same locations in human melanoma cells. Credit: Dexter Dean, Ph.D. On the surface, Parkinson’s disease—a neurodegenerative disorder—and melanoma—a type of skin cancer—do not appear to have much in common. However, for nearly 50 years, doctors have recognized that Parkinson’s disease patients...
