Doctors say they have successfully treated Huntington’s disease, one of the most terrible and debilitating illnesses, for the first time.
The illness is familial, persistently destroys brain cells, and resembles a cross between Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, and dementia.
As they explained how data indicates the disease was halted by 75% in patients, an emotional study team started crying.
According to Prof. Sarah Tabrizi, who spoke to News, this means that patients would have decades of “good quality life” after therapy, as opposed to the deterioration that would often occur in a year.
During 12 to 18 hours of delicate brain surgery, a form of gene therapy is administered as the new treatment.
