(Medical Xpress) — Its hard to be a mouse. Youre a social animal, but your fellows are small and scattered. Youre a snack to a bestiary of fast, eagle-eyed predators, not least the eagle. Youre fast too, but your spatial vision is poor around 20/200. So whats a mouse to do?
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Investigators achieve important step toward treating Huntington’s disease
A team of researchers at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures has developed a technique for using stem cells to deliver therapy that specifically targets the genetic abnormality found in Huntington’s disease, a hereditary brain disorder that causes progressive uncontrolled movements, dementia and death. The findings, now available online in the journal Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, suggest a promising approach that might block the disease from advancing.