Huntington’s breakthrough as early experience shows injection probably stop illness

Huntington's illness patients have been offered Fresh wish after a experience showed a groundbreaking geneticalcuring appears to slow drop the illness. however a small experience of 46 men & ladies showed that the Fresh drug silences the geneticalmutation that causes Huntington's. Prof Sarah Tabrizi, director of University College London's Huntington's illness Centre who led the phase one experience, said the results were 'beyond what I'd ever wished,' & said it finallyperhaps be possible to stop the illness before irreversible damage to the brain had occurred. "The results of this experience are of ground-breaking importance for Huntington's illness patients & families," she said. "For the premier time we have the possibility, we have the wish, of a medication that one day probably slow or protect Huntington's illness."

Huntington's breakthrough probably stop illness

Image copyright James Gallagher Image caption Peter has Huntington's illness & his siblings Sandy & Frank too have the geneThe flaw which causes the neurodegenerative illness Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the premier time, the BBC has learned. "For the premier time we have the possibility, we have the wish, of a medication which 1 day probably slow or protect Huntington's illness. They going to Determine out to display whether the illness could be slowed, & in the end protected, with handling Huntington's illness carriers before they develop any Signs. Prof John Hardy, who was awarded the Breakthrough Prize for his work on Alzheimer's, told the BBC: "I truly think this is, potentially, the biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative illness in the past 50 years. She told the BBC: "The status for these isn't as clear-cut as for Huntington's illness, they are further complex & less well understood.

Huntington's breakthrough probably stop illness

according to Image copyright James Gallagher Image caption Peter has Huntington's illness & his siblings Sandy & Frank too have the geneThe flaw which causes the neurodegenerative illness Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the premier time, the BBC has learned. "For the premier time we have the possibility, we have the wish, of a medication which 1 day probably slow or protect Huntington's illness. They going to Determine out to display whether the illness could be slowed, & in the end protected, with handling Huntington's illness carriers before they develop any Signs. Prof John Hardy, who was awarded the Breakthrough Prize for his work on Alzheimer's, told the BBC: "I truly think this is, potentially, the biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative illness in the past 50 years. She told the BBC: "The status for these isn't as clear-cut as for Huntington's illness, they are further complex & less well understood.

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