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Scientists Cure Huntington’s Disease In Mice
November 16th, 2009 | 
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Work carried out at several North American research institutes, and headed by Dr Stuart Lipton,has come up with a novel strategy for treating the terrible neurodegenerative condition called Huntington’s Disease (or Huntington’s Chorea).
They used a mouse model of the disease and found that, in the mice at least, disease progress can be halted by a drug currently being used to treat patients with Alzheimer’s. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Proposed Mechanism For Increased Lifespan By Low-Protein Diet
For several years, scientists have known that, at least in organisms such as flies and mice, liefspans can be significantly increased by restricting the animals’ protein intake. The mechanism(s) behind this are currently unknown, but a new piece of research suggests the involvement of mitochondria. Read the rest of this entry »