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Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Researchers Develop New Way to Study Neurodegenerative Diseases
Some proteins in cells can separate into small droplets like oil droplets in water, but faults in this process may underlie neurodegenerative diseases in the brains of older people. Now, Rutgers researchers have developed a new method to quantify protein droplets involved in these diseases.