About 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease every year, and about one percent of the world’s over-60 population is affected by the condition, making it the second most widely diagnosed neurodegenerative condition in the world. Scientists aren’t sure what causes Parkinson’s to develop, but the presence of toxic mechanisms including “Lewy bodies” made of the protein alpha-synuclein in the brain contribute to its development, interfering with the normal activity of nerves in the brain. The trigger for the formation of Lewy bodies and exactly how they function within the brain isn’t known, but researchers do know that blocking them could stop the motor function deterioration associated with Parkinson’s Disease. Medical News Today reported Saturday that researchers in the Universität Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain have identified a molecule that can do just that and more. The researchers say that the molecule they named SynuClean-D blocks and reverses neurodegeneration in the brain.
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