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Viral Infection May Enhance Misfolded Protein Spread, Accelerate Neurodegeneration – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Certain viral molecules facilitate intercellular spreading of protein aggregates that are hallmarks of brain diseases like Alzheimer’s…

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Aggregates of misfolded proteins, which are associated with neurodegenerative diseases and occur in prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, have the ability to pass from one cell to anotherincluding unaffected cells. As a result, the disease spreads…

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