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Huntington's disease breakthrough 'is like winning the lottery 10 times over' (www.bbc.com)

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Until now there has been no treatment. But on Wednesday researchers reported how a new gene therapy had managed to slow progress of the disease by 75%.

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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I sent the news to my friend who's dad has it and she cried. I don't think you can put a price on it.

[–] logi@piefed.world 1 points 1 day ago

Apparently you can and it's 3 million. Your friend may cry again.