Medicine

Protein Misfolding Diseases

Large no diseases in humans result from protein misfolding and aggregation. An error in the conformation of protein causes disease. It is believed that the primary cause of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s diseases is protein misfolding. In medicine, it is called proteinopathies. The protein conformational disorders (neurodegenerative or protein misfolding diseases) Read more…