Proteasome Activator Enhances Survival Of Huntington's Disease Neuronal Model Cells

... To function, each living cell needs both to build new and to degrade old or damaged proteins. To accomplish that, a number of intracellular systems work in concert to keep the cell healthy and from clogging up with damaged proteins. When proteins or peptides mutate, they can present major problems to the clearing up of the intracellular environment. [click link for full article] ...