Concentrate Not Aggregate (IMAGE)

Brown University

Concentrate Not Aggregate

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New research explains how the protein TDP43 normally concentrates into droplets and how ALS-related mutations disrupt that, leading to them to form more problematic aggregates that afflict cells.

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Gül Zerze, Lehigh University

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