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Reactions to Protein Stress in Neurodegenerative Disease – Sometimes Good, Sometimes Bad and Always Ugly
Friday, Mar 14, 2008
Research has shown that cells have a cleanup system for handling protein "stress," and some studies suggest the possibility of developing therapeutic drugs that would work by giving the system a boost. But a new study published in Neuron suggests that during prolonged stress, the cleanup system can suppress vital cell functions or even actively kill the cell.