Small changes in protein chemistry play large role in Huntington's disease

Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 13:56 in Biology & Nature

In Huntington's disease, a mutated protein in the body becomes toxic to brain cells. Recent studies have demonstrated that a small region adjacent to the mutated segment plays a major role in the...

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