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Early, late stages of degenerative diseases are distinct: Two-phase theory applies to diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, muscle atrophy – Science Daily
Biochemists have proposed that degenerative diseases as varied as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and muscle atrophy occur in two distinct phases marked by protein signaling…
Rice University biochemists Michael Stern and James McNew have studied how neurodegeneration kills cells. They’ve conducted countless experiments over more than a decade, and they’ve summarized all they’ve learned in a simple diagram they hope may change how doctors perceive and treat degenerative diseases as varied as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and muscle atrophy.In a study published this month in Molecular Psychiatry, McNew and Stern propose that degeneration, at the cellular level, occurs in two…
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