A team of researchers at Cornell University have made a discovery in fruit flies that could change the way we understand brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in humans.
The scientists found that Eato — a fruit-fly protein whose counterparts in mammals were already known for helping brain cells get rid of harmful fats — actually has a much bigger job. It not only protects neurons (brain cells), from being destroyed, but also increases the efficiency by which other cells, called…
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