Neurodegenerative Diseases: are debilitating and incurable conditions that result in progressive degeneration and / or death of nerve cells. These neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide. Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are the most common types. 
            
            
            
         
     
    
        
                    
                                    
                
         
                
                    
                                        
                        
                    
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        PrPC is a conserved lipid-raft associated, GPI-anchored cell membrane glycoprotein. Misfolding of cellular PrPC into the pathogenic PrPSc results in Prion disease, an untreatable and fatal ne...
     
 
 
                                    
                                                                    
                                    
                                        
    
    
    
        LRRK2 is a large (2,527 amino acids) multi-domain protein consisting of 7 putative domains, including a Ras-like GTPase domain called ‘Ras of complex proteins’ (Roc) followed by a...
    
    
            
     
                                     
                                    
                                                                    
                                    
                                        
    
    
    
        DATE: April 4, 2016
TIME:  8:00am Pacific time, 11:00am Eastern time
The use of surface plasmon resonance to characterize protein:protein interactions is well established and has bee...
    
    
            
     
                                     
                                    
                                                                    
                                    
                                        
    
    
    
        Genetic testing has been an important component of medical care for decades but the breadth and impact of testing has been steadily increasing as medical knowledge increases, appreciation of ...
    
    
            
     
                                     
                                    
                                                                    
                                    
                                        
    
    
    
        There is a growing appreciation of the relationship between gut microbiota, and the host in maintaining homeostasis in health and predisposing to disease. Bacterial colonisation of the gut pl...