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Bat Krown 🦇🎃
@katbrownwrites.com

“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.” What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comHuntington's disease successfully treated for first timeOne of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC

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Vicki Gausden
@vickigausden.co.uk

Having seen the devastation this disease has caused to members of my partner's family, either through progression of the condition or receiving and living with a diagnosis, I was so thrilled to see this announcement today.

Bat Krown 🦇🎃
@katbrownwrites.com

Popping this here: Amazing piece by Carly Evans about the mixed emotions that come from this breakthrough, and what it means for people with, and impacted by, Huntington's www.independent.co.uk/voices/hunti...

independent.co.ukThe Huntington’s breakthrough gives me hope, but it comes too late for DadIn 2021, a few years after her father started showing symptoms, Carly Evans tested positive for the Huntington’s disease gene. She writes about the fatal condition that has affected generations of her...
Talitha Joy
@talithajoyh.bsky.social

This is incredible. My spouse didn't know they had a higher-than-average chance of having Huntingtons until we were adults and already had children, and this just lifts my heart for us and everyone suffering from this!! Thank you, researchers and administrators who made this possible!