has anyone heard of any research involving rna inhibitors for huntington's?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/03/2010 03:55PM by queencity04.

Yes, this has the potential to be a virtual cure. We are probably a decade away from seeing it in clinical use.

Here's an article I wrote that you might be interested in:

[www.hdsa.org]

You also might want to read this overview of HD research:

[www.hdsa.org]

Marsha Wrote:
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> Yes, this has the potential to be a virtual cure.
> We are probably a decade away from seeing it in
> clinical use.

Marsha, did you mean in 10 years it probably will be avaliable for patients or in clinical trials?

I think it will be available for patients in ten years.

Marsha -

Do you think the treatment will only be available to non symptomatic patients - i.e. it will stop them ever becoming symptomatic - or will they also use it on symptomatic patients to stop the disease progressing?

Thanks

Kathy x

It will be used for symptomatic patients too. The HD mice experience considerable recovery even in late stages. And hopefully, we will have restorative stem cell therapies available by then too.