Maher and Dar, paper authors (IMAGE)

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Maher and Dar, paper authors

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Nawab Dar (left) and Pam Maher (right) discovered chronoferroptosis, a chronic stress pathway in cells that causes neurons to become less resilient over time and vulnerable to neurodegeneration.

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Salk Institute

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