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Huntington's disease breakthrough 'is like winning the lottery 10 times over' (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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Until now there has been no treatment. But on Wednesday researchers reported how a new gene therapy had managed to slow progress of the disease by 75%.

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Not a chance in hell. Id be surprised if any insurance will even cover it. It's an 18 hour brain surgery.

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