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Protein ‘traffic jam’ in neurons linked to neurodegeneration
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Protein ‘traffic jam’ in neurons linked to neurodegeneration

by  Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are associated with atypical proteins that form tangles in the brain, killing neurons. Neurobiologists at EPFL have now identified some key mechanisms underlying the formation of these tangles. The researchers were also able to look at cell vulnerability...