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Toxic DNA buildup in eyes may drive blinding macular degeneration
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Toxic DNA buildup in eyes may drive blinding macular degeneration

by  University of Virginia Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Damaging DNA builds up in the eyes of patients with geographic atrophy, an untreatable, poorly understood form of age-related macular degeneration that causes blindness, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals. Based on the discovery, the researchers think it may be possible to treat the disease with common...

New mechanism preventing toxic DNA lesions opens up therapeutic avenues for Huntington’s disease
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New mechanism preventing toxic DNA lesions opens up therapeutic avenues for Huntington’s disease

by  University College London A montage of three images of single striatal neurons transfected with a disease-associated version of huntingtin, the protein that causes Huntington’s disease. Nuclei of untransfected neurons are seen in the background (blue). The neuron in the center (yellow) contains an abnormal intracellular accumulation of huntingtin called an inclusion body (orange). Credit: Wikipedia/...