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Existing compound holds promise for reducing Huntington’s disease progression

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December 7, 2015

Currently, there is no treatment to halt the progression of Huntington’s disease (HD), a fatal genetic disorder that slowly robs sufferers of their physical and mental abilities. In a new collaboration between SBP’s Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics (Prebys Center) and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, researchers have discovered that an existing compound, previously tested in humans for diabetes, offers hope for slowing HD and its symptoms. Continue reading “Existing compound holds promise for reducing Huntington’s disease progression”