Cause of severe genetic disease identified

(Goethe University Frankfurt) Mutations in the p63 protein lead to a number of disorders, but none is as severe as the AEC syndrome. Scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt in collaboration with a research group from the University of Naples Federico II have now discovered that this syndrome resembles diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or ALS more closely than it does other p63-based syndromes. Their results were recently published in the scientific journal " Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences " (PNAS).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news