Protecting the brain from Huntington's disease
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 11:14
in Health & Medicine
Huntington's disease (HD) is a cruel, hereditary condition that leads to physical and mental deterioration and eventually, death. HD sufferers are born with the disease although they don't show symptoms until late in life. In a new study, researchers identified a protective pathway in the brain that may explain why symptoms take so long to appear.