• Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 23rd, 2014
Adult Human Skin Cells Directly Converted into Brain Cells

Adult Human Skin Cells Directly Converted into Brain Cells

When implanted into the brains of laboratory mice, the converted cells survived, behaved similarly to native cells

New Drug Cures Huntington’s Disease in Mice

New Drug Cures Huntington’s Disease in Mice

This work may soon be translated to humans as well

Cellular Environment Critical to Huntington's Disease Progression

Cellular Environment Critical to Huntington's Disease Progression

Protein interactions inside the cell play a very important role

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 15th, 2009
Huntington's Disease's Mechanisms Unraveled

Huntington's Disease's Mechanisms Unraveled

Experts now know how the gene causes the disease