Mind & Brain
Prionlike Disease Processes May Underlie Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
A chain reaction of toxic proteins may help explain major neurodegenerative diseases—and could suggest new treatment options
Stories by Lary C. Walker
Health
Prions May Develop Drug Resistance: The Implications for Mad Cow, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Clumps of proteins twisted into aberrant shapes cause the prion diseases that have perplexed biologists for decades. The surprises just keep coming with a new report that the simple clusters of proteins responsible for Mad Cow and other prions diseases may, without help from DNA or RNA, be capable of changing form to escape the [...]..
Mind & Brain
Seeds of Dementia: What Do Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Lou Gehrig’s Have in Common?
A chain reaction of toxic proteins may help explain Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other killers—an insight that could lead to desperately needed new treatment options
