Tag: Neurology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital

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    Modification of mutant Huntington’s protein increases its clearance from brain cells

    A new study has identified a potential strategy for removing the abnormal protein that causes Huntington’s disease (HD) from brain cells, which could slow the progression of the devastating neurological disorder. In today’s edition of the journal Cell, a team of Harvard researchers from the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH-MIND) describes how an alteration…

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