‘Intrabody’ can mop up mutant protein in Huntington’s disease model

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Scientists have created a tool for mopping up the clumps of mutant protein that drive neurodegeneration in Huntington’s disease. Emory University researchers engineered a virus to make an intracellular antibody or “intrabody” against huntingtin, the protein whose mutant forms poison the brain cells of people with Huntington’s.
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