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Scientists have finally pinned down a protein that’s largely responsible for Parkinson’s disease. Known as PINK1, the protein has been linked to the disease for decades but its structure and how to switch it back on have remained elusive – until now.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Like it or not, we have neural nets to thank for this, apparently protein stuff is taking off because of it

[–] earphone843 5 points 2 months ago

It seems like a super appropriate use for them.

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