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ubiquitin proteasome system
School scientists identify faulty molecular recycling as potential driver of Alzheimer’s disease
Fri Aug 9, 2019
School scientists recently uncovered how neurons normally recycle old proteins, and how this process goes awry in Alzheimer's disease, leading to the toxic building of protein fragments in the brain.