Big Pharma Buys Into Crowdsourcing For Drug Discovery
17 August 2017
HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE IS brutal in its simplicity. The disorder, which slowly bulldozes your ability to control your body, starts with just a single mutation, in the gene for huntingtin protein. That tweak tacks an unwelcome glob of glutamines—extra amino acids—onto the protein, turning it into a destroyer that attacks neurons...