<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-06-directionally-challenged-proteins-lead-to-eye-and-neurological-disease.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><categories>Discovery Science,Plant Sciences,Student Success</categories><broadcast>bmb,mps,prl</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>06/12/2025</pubDate><title>Directionally challenged proteins lead to eye and neurological disease</title><subTitle>If a protein faces the wrong way, it could lead to eye and neurological diseases</subTitle><description>If a protein faces the wrong way, it could lead to eye and neurological diseases</description><highlights/><author>Kara Headley</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/06-directionally-challenged-preview.png" alt="A computer simulated image of proteins on a membrane"/></image><tags><tag>Vermaas lab</tag></tags></item>