Fw: News on Neurodegenerative Diseases

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This was sent to me, so I don't have the website it came from but will ask

for it, this sounds hopeful to us.

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>Subject: News on Neurodegenerative Diseases

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>>COMMON GROUND IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES:

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>>Researchers have gained

>>important insights into an element common to a class of

>>neurodegenerative diseases. The findings, which apply to Huntington's,

>>Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob or " mad cow disease, "

>>and numerous other disorders, could lead to the development of

>>treatments, the scientists said. Reporting in the journal The

>>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists from

>>Northwestern University in ton, Ill., said the diseases are

>>characterized by the loss of nerve function. They are caused by numerous

>>mutant genes. In the studies of the worm C elegans, the scientists found

>>the one element they have in common are misfolded proteins that lead to

>>protein aggregation that can produce toxicity and disease, said

>>Morimoto, Professor of Biology. The newfound knowledge

>>unveils potential targets for new drugs, the researchers said. " This

>>work highlights how basic science can answer important questions in

>>terms of human neurodegenerative diseases, " said Harry Orr, professor

>>and director of the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of

>>Minnesota Medical School.

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