India finds a tool to get deeper insight into Parkinson’s Disease

The Scientists of IIT Dhanbad and CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) have teamed up together to find a major cause of Parkinson’s disease a solution.

Key Findings

• Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease and so far, no cure has been found to heal the disease. 
• The researchers of these institutes have found a technique to monitor the aggregation of ASyn protein.

ASyn Protein

• The aggregation of protein called Alpha Synuclein (ASyn) has a crucial role in causing the disease. 
• The aggregation of this protein leads to the death of the neuronal cells of the Parkinson’s patients.

Significance

• The aggregation of protein ASyn has always remained a mystery to doctors. 
• The aggregation generally happens in the mid brain of the patients. 
• The end points of the aggregation forms fibres. 
• These fibres emit fluorescence. Therefore, it is highly difficult to target them.
• However, the new technique of Indian scientists that will help monitor these fibres and also study them. 
• This will certainly help find a solution to heal Parkinson’s disease. 
• The fibres are also called fibrils.