Apes are among the few species which, like humans, can develop Alzheimer's disease. Tests on long-tailed macaques have shown that they also develop protein deposits in the brain, which are largely similar to those that arise in humans. In contrast, the corresponding protein in mice and rats ...
Huntington’s disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of motor control and cognitive ability, which eventually leads to death. The mutant huntingtin protein (HTT) exhibits an expansion of a pol