A clever genetic technique may treat a horrible brain condition
It stops the toxic protein that causes it from forming
HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE is arguably the nastiest inherited illness around. Symptoms include involuntary jerking, difficulty swallowing and speaking, lapses of memory, lack of concentration, depression, anxiety, mood swings, irritability and personality changes. Eventually, the patient dies. September 24th, though, saw the announcement of a possible treatment, a type of genetic material called a microRNA that halts manufacture of the protein responsible for causing it.
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