Comments on: Gangs of corrupted proteins spread through mouse brains and cause Parkinson’s-like symptoms http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/11/15/gangs-of-corrupted-proteins-spread-through-mouse-brains-and-cause-parkinsons-like-symptoms/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Laura Hercher http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/11/15/gangs-of-corrupted-proteins-spread-through-mouse-brains-and-cause-parkinsons-like-symptoms/#comment-16388 Laura Hercher Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:36:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=7959#comment-16388 What a great article; thank you! Do you think this sort of mechanism could be at work in Huntington's disease as well? What a great article; thank you! Do you think this sort of mechanism could be at work in Huntington’s disease as well?

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/11/15/gangs-of-corrupted-proteins-spread-through-mouse-brains-and-cause-parkinsons-like-symptoms/#comment-16387 Dave Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:46:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=7959#comment-16387 Hi Ed, I dont have time to look up the paper but im sure something similar was done with beta amyloid. quick google got me this: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/341619/title/Like_a_prion,_Alzheimers_protein_seeds_itself_in_the_brain Hi Ed, I dont have time to look up the paper but im sure something similar was done with beta amyloid.

quick google got me this:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/341619/title/Like_a_prion,_Alzheimers_protein_seeds_itself_in_the_brain

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