Parkinson's Disase In The Deep Blue Sea

JellyFish contains a protein that can potentially be the teatment drug for Parkinson's disease. The same fluorescent protein that allows the jellyfish to glow green might be able to do so. Researcher Pamela McLean explains that alpha-synucleic proteins that stick to other protein molcules can be toxic to the brain once it causes clumps. The fluorescent in the jellyfish can seperate two alpha-synuclei proteins and causes the ends to attach to one another an that leads to smaller clumps and that allows McLean to measure those errors and the misfoldings and interactions. She eventually found a natural way for this to be prevented, she thinks the protein can refold the alpah-synucleic the correct way. After doing so the protein can transport it to the part of the cell where it can be disgarded.
This involves marine biology and chemistry to come together. Cellular studies can improve because it is using that protein to disgard the alpha-synucleic protein in the brain. It is reducing its toxity in te brain that leads to Parkinson Disease. This could be a breakthrough because many people suffer from this disease, especially the elderly.
Why do we care? Well thefact that it is a chronic disease that causes extreme pain and muscle aches and affects over one million people in the United States alone. Parkinson’s disease is second only to Alzheimer’s as a degenerative neurological disorder. It is a painful experience that affects us all since it affects some of us.