Discovery Of New Way Protein Degradation Is Regulated Has Implications For Multiple Myeloma, Muscle Wasting, Neurodegeneration

Proteins, unlike diamonds, aren't forever. And when they wear out, they need to be degraded in the cell back into amino acids, where they will be recycled into new proteins. Researchers at Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have identified a new way that the cell's protein recycler, the proteasome, takes care of unwanted and potentially toxic proteins, a finding that has implications for treating muscle wasting, neurodegeneration and cancer... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..