• Provide background about the epidemiologic and biological linkages between the neurodegenerative condition Parkinson’s disease and the skin cancer melanoma.
  • Present published work describing the unexpected nuclear function of alpha-synuclein in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair.
  • Present unpublished work suggesting that alpha-synuclein may be particularly important in a sub-form of DSB repair occurring in the nucleolus.
Session date: 
03/14/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm CDT
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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Speaker Name: 
Vivek K. Unni, MD, PHD