The human genome contains an estimated 20,000 genes coding for proteins. The proteins are the body’s “workers”, tasked with performing specific functions that are key to survival. Despite their importance, there is a type of very small proteins, with less than 100 amino acids, that are essential to understanding how living things work, and about…

Huntington’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that is presently incurable. Scientists around the world are researching its causes and molecular processes in the attempt to find a treatment. The research just published by a group of scientists from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) led by Eulàlia Martí, in cooperation with researchers from the University…