Trembling hands and molecular handshakes

The heritable Fragile X tremor/ataxia syndrome is a common neurodegenerative disease. It is assumed to result from a relative lack of the protein Pur-alpha. A new study by a German team under the leadership of Dr. Dierk Niessing of the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and the Gene Center at Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich provides important insights into the structure and function of this protein, which may lead to the development of a therapy.

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