Discovery Offers Insights Into Link Between Parkinson's and Pesticides (IMAGE)

University of Missouri School of Medicine

Discovery Offers Insights Into Link Between Parkinson's and Pesticides

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Zezong Gu, right, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology and anatomical sciences at MU, and Fajun Meng, an MU visiting scholar, examine a model of parkin clusters. Their research yields new details about how parkin proteins and pesticides contribute to Parkinson's disease. After Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder.

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