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Scientists make surprise finding on what causes #Huntington’s disease - National | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/10964360/huntington-disease-cause-new-study/ “The genetic mutation linked to Huntington’s has long been known, but scientists haven’t understood how people could have the mutation from birth, but not develop any problems until later in life.” (1/4)
@auscandoc This is one of those news articles that talks about research but doesn't link to it. Here it is https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)01379-5
I wanted to know if it applies to other CAG-polyglutamine repeat diseases like some of the spinocerebellar ataxias. "The dynamic we have described, in which the toxic effect of a DNA repeat is acquired only after decades of somatic expansion, could in principle also apply in other DNA-repeat disorders"
@axoaxonic Thanks for doing that. Meant to come back and do it .. but..