Posts Tagged ‘ neurodegenerative disease ’

Promising New Drug Targets Identified for Huntington’s Disease

Mar 23rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News

Research funded by the Wellcome Trust has provided a number of promising new drug targets for Huntington’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease. Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified a number of candidate drugs to investigate further which encourage cells to “eat” the malformed proteins that lead to the disease.
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First Early-Detection Blood Test for Parkinson’s Shows Promise

Mar 11th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News

A test that profiles molecular biomarkers in blood could become the first accurate diagnostic test for Parkinson’s disease, new research shows.