Scientists crack the mystery of brain cell clumps, and make them vanish

Look inside a brain cell with Huntington’s disease or ALS and you are likely to find RNA clumped together.

These solid-like clusters, thought to be irreversible, can act as sponges that soak up surrounding proteins key for brain health, contributing to neurological disorders.

How these harmful RNA clusters form in the first place has remained an open question.

Now, University at Buffalo researchers have not only uncovered that tiny droplets of protein and nucleic acids in cells contribute to…

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