Alzheimer’s, Lewy-body dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, Parkinson’s and ALS appear to be very different diseases, yet they share something striking in common: an accumulation of “aggregates” or toxic, misfolded proteins. Professor Lasmézas is an authority on neurological diseases that are caused by protein misfolding and her lab is working on potential treatments for these diseases as well as prion diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD).

Presented: February 19, 2020
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