Research uncovers details of how neurodegeneration-related proteins enter cells AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Vampires can turn humans into vampires, but to enter a human’s house, they must be invited in. Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, writing in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, have uncovered details of how cells invite inside corrupted...
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In a severe childhood neurodegeneration, novel mechanism found
Ingo Helbig, MD, is a pediatric neurologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Neurology researchers investigating a rare but devastating neurological regression in infants have discovered the cause: gene mutations that severely disrupt crucial functions in mitochondria, the energy-producing structures within cells. The specific disease mechanism, in which mutations disrupt a critical mitochondrial enzyme, has...