Tapestry Pharmaceuticals to invest in oligonucleotide research as a potential treatment for HD
Dr. Eric Kmiec and colleagues at the University of Delaware and Massachusetts General Hospital have been able to inhibit HD ...
Marsha L. Miller, Ph.D.
Posted to HDL: 03 Oct 2004

A Major Breakthrough in RNA Interference Therapy
RNA interference therapy has become the most promising hope for a real cure for Huntington's Disease. HD researchers called ...
Marsha Miller, Ph.D.
Posted to HDL: 06 Jul 2004

Virus Delivers Potential Huntington Treatment
Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) has been shown to prevent behavioral deficits and striatal degeneration in neurotoxic models of Huntington's disease ...
Jerry Lampson
Posted to HDL: 31 Dec 2003

Gene Therapy World's First to Market
The world's first commercially available gene therapy medication will soon be treating head and neck cancer in China. ...
Jerry Lampson
Posted to HDL: 21 Nov 2003

The Revolution of Short RNAs and Huntington's
Sharp, an expert in RNA splicing, discussed the discovery of short RNAs and their implications for wide-ranged biology. He spoke ...
Jerry Lampson
Posted to HDL: 04 Nov 2003

Parkinson's Disease Gene Therapy Trial
Researchers slipped billions of copies of a gene into the brain of a Parkinson's disease patient Monday, marking the first ...
Jerry Lampson
Posted to HDL: 19 Aug 2003

****Clinical Trial For ALS Gene Therapy
Gene therapy has delayed symptoms and almost doubled life expectancy in mice with the equivalent of Lou Gehrig's disease, a ...
Jerry Lampson
Posted to HDL: 09 Aug 2003

NAPRO EXTENDS LIFE OF BRAIN CELLS
NaPro announces results of a recent study using its proprietary technology in a novel approach to treating Huntington’s disease. These ...
Jerry Lampson
Posted to HDL: 09 Jun 2003

**** Huntington's Disease Treatment
The company designed a strand of genetic material to block a patient's own DNA from coding for a particular protein. ...
Jerry Lampson
Posted to HDL: 09 Jun 2003

HD Rats Protected by Gene Therapy
These data indicate that the viral-mediated gene transfer of GDNF into the striatum provides neuroanatomical and behavioral protection in a ...
Jerry Lampson
Posted to HDL: 05 Jun 2003

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