Friday, June 12, 2015

2-min animation explains Improperly-folded proteins and Parkinson's disease, Diabetes


DID YOU KNOW? A single biological process is related to Parkinson's, diabetes and cancer. It's called the unfolded protein response, and it helps cells deal with problematic proteins.

Bonus: This 2-minute video won a 2015 CASE award for News & Research videos. Hooray for whiteboard science!

(Animation by Mark Wooding)


-Bob

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