Health and science news from UC campuses and labs (UC Newswire) Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Type II Diabetes Similar at Molecular Level Apr 30, UCLA -- Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, the human version of mad cow disease and other degenerative diseases are more closely related at the molecular level than many scientists realized, an international team of chemists and molecular biologists reported April 29 in the online version of the ... [News Source]