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Originally Posted by zanpar321
I wonder when the alpha synuclein gets put into the red blood cells? Perhaps in the bone marrow where red blood cells are created. It seems like if they could be somehow prevented from being formed, PD patients would have fewer symptoms and PD may even reverse! Or could a filter be made to remove the alpha synuclein from the red blood cells?
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Two.companies, which we have discussed here before, are trying to do this. Affirms AG and Prothena are both researching A-Syn vaccines to attempt to reduce the levels in PD patients. They both have the goal of slowing, or halting, PD progression by reducing the amount of misfolded or mutated A-Syn. Early results have been very encouraging.