by Autonomous University of Barcelona Schematic representation of the human peptide LL37 binding the toxic oligomers of α-synuclein, blocking its propagation and preventing its neurotoxicity. Credit: Irantzu Pallarès, IBB-UAB Researchers at the UAB and the UniZar have identified a human peptide found in the brain that blocks the α-synuclein aggregates involved in Parkinson’s disease and prevents their...