A defining feature of Parkinson's disease is the clumps of alpha-synuclein protein that accumulate in the brain's motor control area, destroying dopamine-producing neurons. Natural processes can't clear these clusters, known as Lewy bodies, and no one has demonstrated how to stop the build up as well as breakdown of the clumps—until perhaps now. Read more...
Researchers find inhibiting one protein destroys toxic clumps seen in Parkinson's disease.
November 14, 2018, Georgetown University Medical Center
