
New Understanding of How Genetic Mutation Causes Huntington’s Disease by bookofjoe
Brain cell study shows mutation expands over decades, becomes rapidly toxic later in life
The study leaders share their findings and what makes them compelling and meaningful. Video: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though patients are born with the