Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson’s disease protein

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IMAGE: An epifluorescence microscope image shows clumps of human alpha-synuclein aggregating in the neurons of a fruit fly larva. view more Credit: Anderson, Hirpa, Zheng, Banerjee and Gunawardena, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Jan. 2020. The image is cropped from a graphic published in the journal article, which is distributed […]

Study provides new insights into small acidic protein linked to Parkinson’s disease

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Research by University at Buffalo biologists is providing new insights into alpha-synuclein, a small acidic protein associated with Parkinson’s disease. Alpha-synuclein is known to form abnormal clumps in the brains of patients with Parkinson’s, but scientists are still trying to understand how and why this happens. The new study […]

Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson’s disease protein

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Research by University at Buffalo biologists is providing new insights into alpha-synuclein, a small acidic protein associated with Parkinson’s disease. Alpha-synuclein is known to form abnormal clumps in the brains of patients with Parkinson’s, but scientists are still trying to understand how and why this happens. The new study […]

Scientists discover medicinal cannabis substitute for treating Parkinson’s disease

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A drug that provides the benefits obtained from medicinal cannabis without the “high” or other side effects may help to unlock a new treatment for Parkinson’s disease. The drug – HU-308 – lessens devastating involuntary movements called dyskinesias, a side effect from years of treatment for Parkinson’s disease. The […]