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Translation Error in the Brain
An international research team, including the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Munich and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, has found out that in some cases of dementia, dormant parts of the genetic material are erroneously translated into unusual proteins. These proteins form the core of hitherto mysterious accretions that can be observed in certain genetically caused nerve system malfunctions. The astonishing aspect of the newly discovered proteins is the fact that they should not exist in the first place: the genetic material they are based on is missing the starting signal, therefore it ought not to be decoded at all.
