Research reveals structural mechanism behind anti-epilepsy therapies (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Research reveals structural mechanism behind anti-epilepsy therapies

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Published in Nature Communications, a multi-institute team co-led by Chia-Hsueh Lee, PhD, St. Jude Department of Structural Biology, used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal how epilepsy drugs and experimental modulators reshape the SV2A protein, offering new directions for treatment optimization.

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