For Huntington’s disease clues, scientists are looking in fruit flies
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Dec
For Huntington’s disease clues, scientists are looking in fruit flies Subject: Science and Tech Section: Health Context: Researchers from Hungary, genetically engineered fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) to express the polyglutamine tract of a mutated human HTTgene in their nervous system by using a gene called Gal4 from baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). More on […]