Nutrient Deficiency Linked to Brain Wasting in Huntington’s Disease More experiments soon revealed that the mutant huntingtin protein, which causes the disease, gloms up the genetic machinery that generates the cysteine-making enzyme. Without the enzyme, much less cysteine is made. Paul fed the Huntington’s mice diets rich in cysteine, and they regained normal behavior, swinging and biting when dangled by their tails. These unexpected findings have led to clinical trials to see if treatment with cysteine can relieve symptoms in people with Huntington’s. newswise/articles/johns-hopkins-scientists-present-findings-at-the-society-for-neuroscience-meeting
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:07:06 +0000
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