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Defective cellular waste removal explains why Gaucher patients often develop Parkinson's disease

Gaucher disease causes debilitating and sometimes fatal neurodegeneration in early childhood. Recent studies have uncovered a link between the mutations responsible for Gaucher disease and an increased risk ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created 1 hour ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Do men's and women's hearts burn fuel differently?

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine will study gender differences in how the heart uses and stores fat—its main energy source—and how changes in fat metabolism play ...

Medical research created May 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0