1st US drug for Huntington's disease wins approval

Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 01:56 in Health & Medicine

(AP) -- Federal regulators on Friday cleared the first treatment approved in the United States for Huntington's, a rare inherited disease that causes uncontrolled movements, deterioration of mental abilities and, ultimately, death.

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