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Medical News | Medical Articles: Studying Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease using Pre-Formed Fibrils

	Neurology / Neuroscience
	The latest neurology news from News Medical

Studying Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease using Pre-Formed Fibrils

Pre-formed fibrils are tools that allow scientists to mimic the pathophysiological effects of diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease in the brain. In this interview, Dr. Ariel Louwrier describes how the fibrils are created and explains how they are being used to develop new therapies.

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	New molecular mechanism can reverse genetic defect responsible for Friedreich's ataxia Scientists at Tufts University have identified a molecular mechanism that could reverse the genetic defect responsible for Friedreich's ataxia, a neurodegenerative disease that leaves its victims with difficulty walking, a loss of sensation in the arms and legs and impaired speech caused by degeneration of nerve tissue in the spinal cord.

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