Solving The Mystery Of Mutated Proteins And The Brain

... In some neurological diseases, too much of what is usually a good thing can be bad, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report in this week''s issue of the journal Cell. Dr. Huda Zoghbi and her colleagues have determined that a genetic mutation actually enhances the normal activity of a protein, and in the case of ataxin-1, the disease spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 results. ...