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Genes help with Huntington's
The Citizen
|September 26, 2025
UK researchers slowed the progression of the fatal neural condition Huntington’s disease for the first time with a groundbreaking new gene therapy.
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Some patients who took part in early-stage clinical trials at University College London (UCL), saw the speed at which their condition developed reduced by 75% after three years, according to uniQure, a gene therapy company based in the Netherlands and the United States.
The study tested a new gene therapy, AMT-130, which is delivered through an injection directly into the brain.
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