Tweaking potassium in brain cells helps fight Huntington’s disease
Brain tissue from a mouse shows star-shaped astrocytes (green). Cells (blue) containing mutant protein (white) display lower levels of a ...
Tag: neurodegenerative disease
There are twice as many mad cow disease carriers than previously thought
After analyzing thousands of tissue samples, scientists from the UK have found that there may be twice as many people ...
Prions picked up by tuning fork detector
Prions (or proteinaceous infectious particle; on comes from analogy to virion) are the nasty little buggers responsible for ...