University of California, San Diego, and San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) researchers have investigated how proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease interact to form unique complexes.

Their findings explain why Alzheimer’s patients might develop Parkinson’s, and vice versa. The new and unique molecular structures they discovered can now be used to model and develop new drugs for these devastating neurological diseases.