Research Reveals Mechanism That Drives Ataxia Type 1

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    Targeted News Service (USA), March 8, 2018 Colleges, 4pp
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      HOUSTON, Texas, March 8 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: When the protein ATAXIN1 accumulates in neurons it causes a neurodegenerative condition called spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), a rare disease characterized by progressive problems with balance and breathing difficulties. ATAXIN1 accumulates because of a mutation that produces an abnormal, very long version of the protein that forms clumps inside neurons...