A gene Reverte Parkinson's disease in an animal model
aggregates of alpha-synuclein are characteristic of Parkinson's disease. Researchers at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge (USA) evaluated whether to prevent the formation of these aggregates corresponded less neuronal death. In collaboration with the University of Missouri (USA), researchers have shown that a mutated form of alpha-synuclein destroyed a transport protein causing the death of neurons. Researchers have identified a gene that increases the production of the transport protein. In animal models it was observed that the gene is able to revert the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Fonte: Science, 2006
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