Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered new techniques to reduce protein deposits accumulating in key organs, causing a potentially deadly set of human diseases known as systemic amyloid diseases. Luke Wiseman, assistant professor at TSRI and a senior author of the new research, describes how a strategy to reduce the load coming from these proteins could open up treatment options that could be broadly applied to treat multiple systemic amyloid diseases.
23 October, 2014