Mechanism related to the onset of various genetic diseases revealed
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona (UAB) have revealed the process by which proteins with a tendency to cause conformational diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, familial amyloidotic cardiomyopathy, etc. finally end up causing them.