Treatments Of Huntington's Disease

Part I of Essay
Researchers have identified a key protein that causes the advancement of Huntington's after following up on the discovery two years ago of the gene that causes this disorder. Shortly after the Huntington's gene was identified, researchers found the protein it produces, a ....

Part II of Essay
.... protein is localized in nerve cells, a step closer to discovering its contribution toward Huntington's. A French team reported that they have developed an antibody that attaches itself to the defective protein in Huntington's and four other inherited diseases. This finding may lead to identifying the defects in a variety of others unexplained disorders. The identification of the gene an the huntingtin protein promised to be a major breakthrough in tracing the causes of Huntington's, but that promise has so far been delayed. The ....