A number of researchers working on genetic diseases caused by mutations which leads to misfolding of a protein are starting to develop reagents (chemical chaperones) to fix these proteins which may cure these diseases.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles. ... n-Folding/
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Re: chemical chaperones
I saw that too. Cool. For some reason, I'm digging "chemical chaperone." 
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Re: chemical chaperones
the tricky part will be getting the chaperon through the blood brain barrier
