New Technique Targets Gene That Causes Neurodegenerative Disease
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 15:45
in Biology & Nature
Neuroscientists at the University of Chicago studying a unique gene that expresses two proteins, one that is necessary for life and another, that when mutated causes a neurodegenerative disease called spinocerbellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6), have developed a technique to selectively block the disease-causing protein without affecting the other.