The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Japanese biologist, Yoshinori Ohsumi, for his work on how cells dispose of and recycle their waste – a process known to be linked to Parkinson’s. Waste disposal and recycling in cells happens through a process called autophagy. Thanks to Yoshinori’s work, we now…
cell pathology
New treatment strategy
Researchers at Johns Hopkins report they have identified a protein that enables a toxic natural aggregate to spread from cell to cell in a mammal’s brain — and a way to block that protein’s action. Their study in mice and cultured cells suggests that an immunotherapy already in clinical trials as a cancer therapy should…