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Protein protects against nerve degeneration

A protein called NMNAT protects against nerve cell degeneration in fruit flies and mice. The finding begs the question if a drug might be developed that could stimulate extra protein production and thus neuronal protection -- both in injured cells and in those degenerating because of disease.

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