Hope for Parkinson’s treatment

Ben Gurion University researchers have discovered that proteins called BMP5/7 are new promising potential therapeutics for Parkinson’s disease. In lab tests, the proteins prevented the accumulation of toxic alpha-synuclein clumps and loss of vital dopamine-producing brain cells.

https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awaa368/6012790

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