Protein Protects Against Nerve Degeneration
Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:00 AM EST
... A protein called NMNAT protects against nerve cell degeneration in fruit flies and mice. The finding begs the question if a drug might be developed that could stimulate extra protein production and thus neuronal protection -- both in injured cells and in those degenerating because of disease. ...
Related Topics
- Macular Degeneration
- Dietary Proteins
- Protein C
- Pinched Nerve
- Neurological Diseases And Disorders
- Protein S
- Total Protein
- Cerebellar Degeneration
- Egg Protein
- Corticobasal Degeneration
- Canavan Disease
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Degenerative Nerve Diseases
- Striatonigral Degeneration
- Malnutrition
- Sacral Nerve Root Cysts
- Wilson's Disease
- Sciatica
- Mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency
- Factor V Leiden thrombophilia

Not Signed In -


