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Researchers studying the brains of deceased Parkinson's patients have discovered brain cell damage caused by a certain type of oxygen molecule, known as a "free radical". 
 
Brain cells from Parkinson's patients show more of this type of damage than normal brains do. 
 
While the reason for this is still unknown, it could have therapeutic implications. Further study is required.

Oxygen Damage May Cause Parkinson's Disease

Ivanhoe - 5/19/2006 8:29 AM

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals damage from oxygen may be one of the main causes of Parkinson's disease.
 
Researchers from the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville found oxygen free radicals are damaging proteins in mitochondria -- the small cellular "batteries" of brain cells. They believe the damage is happening in complex 1 -- a large protein structure, which is the first stop in the electron transport chain
 
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