Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified tubulin as a cellular regulator that can redirect tau and alpha-synuclein proteins toward functional roles rather than allowing them to form toxic clumps. This shift from preventing aggregation to enabling productive protein trafficking may offer a new therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. — Photo by Bioscience Image Library by Fayette Reynolds on Unsplash (Unsplash License)
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.