Thursday, 9 April 2015

New drug for Huntington’s disease to be tested in Vancouver

New drug for Huntington’s disease to be tested in Vancouver


The first human clinical trial for a groundbreaking new drug that has the potential to turn off the gene that causes Huntington’s disease will get underway in Vancouver this year, says a University of B.C. researcher. Dr. Blair Leavitt, a professor in UBC’s department of medical genetics heading up the city’s part of the international clinical trial, said the drug has the potential to directly treat the underlying cause of Huntington’s disease.

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