News Release 26-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationVlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie Synapse loss can be observed in aged mutant flies (top image) compared to controls (bottom image)Credit: COPYRIGHT: VIB Leuven, 26 September 2024 – A team of scientists led by Prof. Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven) has identified a new genetic mutation that may cause a form of early-onset...
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New mutation in the desmoplakin gene leads to ACM
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A new mutation behind synucleinopathies
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia belong to a family of neurodegenerative disorders called synucleinopathies because they are caused by the pathological accumulation of protein alpha-synuclein into structures called Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites in the brain. In a healthy brain, alpha-synuclein is found in synapses as distinct proteins called...
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Delta Covid variant has a new mutation called ‘delta plus’: Here’s what you need to know
PUBLISHED THU, JUN 24 2021 7:40 AM The “delta variant” has come to dominate headlines, having been discovered in India where it provoked an extreme surge in Covid cases before spreading around the world, with cases now rapidly rising in the U.S. But now a mutation of that variant has emerged, called “delta plus,” which...