Stem cells deliver therapy for Huntington’s (may also be useful in the fight against ALS)

Via Scoop.it – ALS Lou Gehrig’s Disease

New research that uses stem cells to deliver gene therapy to treat Huntington’s disease may also be useful in the fight against some forms of Lou Gehrig’s disease, Parkinson’s and other similar conditions. “For the first time, we have been able to successfully deliver inhibitory RNA sequences from stem cells directly into neurons, significantly decreasing the synthesis of the abnormal huntingtin protein,” says Jan A. Nolta, principal investigator of the study and director of the stem cell program and the Institute for Regenerative Cures at the University of California, Davis.
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