UCF scientists develop new Parkinson's disease screening tool

A team of University of Central Florida scientists is using breakthrough gene-editing technology to create a new screening tool for Parkinson ’s disease. The technology allows scientists to “light up” and monitor brain protein called alpha-synuclein, which has been associated with Parkinson’s disease. “Alpha-synuclein is a protein that is normally found in the brain. We all have it,” said Burnett School of Biomedical Science s doctoral student Levi Adams, who also is one of the lead researchers…
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