Gut protein misfolding may spot Parkinson's years before symptoms

Gut protein misfolding may spot Parkinson's years before symptoms

Routine gut biopsies may turn up evidence of protein misfolding, predicting the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease years before neurological symptoms appear, a study suggested. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen, NHS Grampian, and NHS Highland found that more than half of people who had digestive symptoms but no diagnosed neurological disease had a condition called protein misfolding enteropathy (P…