Scientists discover cellular stress enzyme that might play key role in neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS

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Mar 11, 2021, 3:27 pm647 ptsHotTop
An enzyme called MARK2 has been identified as a key stress-response switch in cells in a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Overactivation of this type of stress response is a possible cause of injury to brain cells in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's,…

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