The Ripples of a Disturbance

Year: 
2023
Ranking: 
Entrant
Artist: 
Andrew Longhini
Department: 
Neuroscience Research Institute
Lab: 
Kosik Lab

Description

When cells in the brain of a person with dementia first encounter misfolded proteins, the native population of proteins lose their moorings. Converted by the introduction of these bad actors, they too misfold and continue the spread of disease to the next unsuspecting cells.

 

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