somatic expansion
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How many is too many? Exploring the toxic CAG threshold in the Huntington’s disease brain
New work from researchers in London uses mice to narrow in on the number of CAG repeats needed to cause symptoms of Huntington’s disease. Their work points to fewer than 185 CAGs as a threshold.
By Dr Chris Kay -
The director’s cut: how CAG repeats change the editing of genetic messages
Scientists in Massachusetts have recently advanced our understanding of how repetitive sequences in DNA can disrupt the creation and editing of genetic messenger molecules in cells, and how this could lead to the production of harmful proteins.