Clues From Gaucher's Disease Firm Up New Treatment Strategy For Neurodegeneration
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Research linking the cause of the rare genetic disorder Gaucher's disease to mechanisms at work in Parkinsonism and other neurodegenerative conditions could become the underpinning for a broad strategy to treat neurodegeneration. It's part of a growing trend looking at molecular activities in the lysosome, a cellular compartment, for drug targets.