Accumulation of 'junk proteins' identified as one cause of aging and possible source of ALS (IMAGE)

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

Accumulation of 'junk proteins' identified as one cause of aging and possible source of ALS

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Accumulation of "junk proteins": normal cells (left) and cells subjected to the effect of the toxic arginine-rich protein (right). In the latter, ribosomal proteins (green fluorescent) and the size of nucleoli (red) are increased.

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