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Re:Trial shows Huntington's drug could slow progress of disease by faltad on Monday December 11, 2017 @12:19PM (#15898480)
It's not exactly cured: "Could slow progress". But of course there is a huge difference between having chances to die 10 years after onset of disease and 30 years! Especially since it appears to start in later life
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Re:Trial shows Huntington's drug could slow progress of disease by smudgymcscmudge on Monday December 11, 2017 @06:43PM (#15901849)
My family tends to live 25-30 years after onset of symptoms because we have fewer CAG repeats than most HD families. So this may be effectively the same as a cure for us.

The don’t want to dismiss the difference though.

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