Trembling Hands And Molecular Handshakes

Friday, October 23, 2009 - 11:21 in Biology & Nature

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 team in Germany provides important insights into the structure and function of this protein, which may lead to the development of a therapy.

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