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May 27, 2016 News by Özge Özkaya, PhD

Scientists Find NEAT1 May Protect Neurons in Huntington’s Disease

NEAT1 (Nuclear Enriched Abundant Transcript 1), a long non-coding RNA molecule, might be protecting neurons in Huntington’s disease (HD) a new study suggests.

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