Mystery Solved: Tiny Protein-activator Responsible For Brain Cell Damage In Huntington Disease
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 22:35
in Biology & Nature
Brain scientists have figured out why a faulty protein accumulates in cells everywhere in the bodies of people with Huntington's disease, but only kills cells in the part of the brain that controls movement, causing negligible damage to tissues elsewhere.
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