Faulty DNA Repair Linked To Huntington's Disease Onset
Date: 24.4.2007
Huntington's disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that affects roughly 30,000 Americans, is incurable and fatal. But a new discovery about how cells repair their DNA points to a possible way to stop or slow the onset of the disease. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
"As so often happens, basic research on a fundamental biological process--in this case, enzymes involved in DNA repair--leads to new insights about how diseases arise and new approaches for treating or preventing them," said NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D...
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