“Self-devouring” – Is This The Answer To Neurodegenerative Diseases?

Monday, May 2, 2011 - 05:10 in Health & Medicine

Scientists in Portugal have identified a biochemical abnormality behind the potentially fatal neurodegenerative Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) and using several models of the disease were able to reverse the problem in what can be a crucial step towards a cure for humans . At the moment the disease is not only incurable but the patients’ increasing neurodegeneration cannot even be stopped. read more

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