New Avenue for Parkinson’s Disease Research

07-02-2019

Nearly 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease each year, resulting in a $52 Billion annual economic burden to the U.S. government. Parkinson’s disease is typified by the toxic aggregation of a presynaptic protein called alpha-Synuclein. Research published recently by the Mattoo lab shows a role for the human Fic protein, HYPE, in preventing aggregation of alpha-Synuclein. This novel link between HYPE and alpha-Synuclein opens exciting new avenues of research towards developing therapeutics for Parkinson’s disease. 

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Manuscript link on Science Direct