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UCF researchers light up possible Parkinson's breakthrough using protein in fireflies

Published July 26, 2017
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Fireflies only produce about 1/40th the light of a candle. But the protein that lets them light up, may soon shine new hope on a disease that affects tens of thousands of Americans.

FOX 35's Tom Johnson shows you how University of Central Florida researchers are making it happen.

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