New treatment direction sought in Parkinson's by blocking the blocker of a natural protection

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Oxidative stress plays a big role in the brain cell loss that occurs in Parkinson's disease. Now scientists have their sights on a protein that inhibits one of the body's natural protections against it.

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