Animal study points to a treatment for Huntington's disease
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
By adjusting the levels of a key signaling protein, researchers improved motor function and brain abnormalities in experimental animals with a form of Huntington's disease, a severe neurodegenerative disorder. The new findings may lay the groundwork for a novel treatment for people with this fatal, progressive disease, researchers say.