Fruit flies reveal normal function of gene mutated in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7
Sunday, February 2, 2014 - 08:00
in Biology & Nature
Disruptive clumps of mutated protein are often blamed for clogging cells and interfering with brain function in patients with the neurodegenerative diseases known as spinocerebellar ataxias. But a new study in fruit flies suggests that for at least one of these diseases, the defective proteins may not need to form clumps to do harm.