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TUDCA Treatment : Bench Research Section
  TUDCA is a more soluble form of ursodiol, a naturally occurring bile acid, that was use in the animal experiments. It is likely that ursodiol will be approved for the treatment of HD in human beings.
 

TUDCA Discussion
Tauroursodeoxycholic acid, a bile acid, is neuroprotective in a transgenic animal model of Huntington's disease.... ...
Keene CD, et al.
Posted to HDL: 02 Aug 2002

BILE ACID INHIBITS CELL DEATH IN HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
This finding, to be published July 29 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), may eventually ...
Univ. of MN press release
Posted to HDL: 29 Jul 2002

TUDCA
Researchers believe the bile molecule, called tauroursodeoxycholic acid, or TUDCA, also may be beneficial in treating Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ...
By Tom Majeski Knight Ridder Newspapers
Posted to HDL: 24 Jul 2002

TUDCA - Ursodiol Treats HD
Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) protects against motor and cognitive deficits and reduces striatal degeneration in rat model. This site is for ...
By Jerry HDL Keeper 04-Nov-01, updated 26-Nov-01
Posted to HDL: 26 Nov 2001

Bile Acid Treats HD
The 3-Nitropropionic Acid (3NPA) rat Model of Huntington's Disease is a low cost replacement for the HD mice carrying the ...
Adapted from: Exp Neurol 2001 Oct;171(2):351-60 Low WC. et al. University of Minnesota Medical School
Posted to HDL: 21 Sep 2001

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