nerve cell
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The team engineered a peptide fragment that locks alpha-synuclein into its healthy shape, blocking its conversion into the toxic clumps that cause nerve cell death.
From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025
In Parkinson's disease, this protein sticks together into toxic clumps that cause nerve cell death and leads to patients suffering from symptoms such as tremors, difficulties moving and muscle stiffness.
From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025
These channels are like molecular machines that sense electrical signals and then open to allow calcium to flow into the nerve cell.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
The BMP2 signaling pathway has been known for its role in early brain developmental, particularly in nerve cell differentiation.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024
They can specify how a nerve cell communicates with another nerve cell and thus become the arbiters of normal cognition and neural development.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
