by The Scripps Research Institute Disease-causing huntingtin, shown in red, interacts with ribosomes, shown in green, in a striatal neuron. The nucleus is blue. Credit: Nicolai Urban of Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience in Jupiter, Florida. In 1993, scientists discovered that a single mutated gene, HTT, caused Huntington’s disease, raising high hopes for a quick cure. Yet today,...
