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Published online 16 December 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021216-1
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Deviant gatherings prompt brain disease
Trapped proteins may explain nerve degeneration.
Many degenerative brain disorders could arise because culprit proteins are unable to escape the cell's nucleus, gathering data suggest. Messed up cell transport is increasingly suspected as a cause of disease.
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