Puerto Rican scientists study Huntington's disease
Submitted on 27 February 2013 - 4:47pm
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Sulay Rivera-Sánchez
Los científicos sabemos que la enfermedad de Huntington es provocada por una mutación o cambio que altera el material genético de una persona y que resulta en la producción de una proteína defectuosa.
A group of scientist at the Medical Sciences Campus (RCM), University of Puerto Rico (UPR) are studying Huntington's disease. The team is lead by Dr.Sylvette Ayala-Peña.
Ther author is a doctral student at RCM-UPR and a member of Ciencia Puerto Rico.
