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July 29, 2004
Rasagiline
This was forwarded to me by a reader (thanks!)...
There is an article in the Israeli paper Haaretz that talks about a Rasagiline, a drug that is showing effectiveness in treating Parkinson's disease. A key phrase from the article:
"...hopes it will prove not only to slow Parkinson's, but to help nerve cells grow anew, something no other drug in the world can do. "
Is this drug a possible treatment for Huntington's? I don't know, but there aren't any published studies on it's use with HD. I did find several medical studies showing that Rasagiline is effective against cell death induced by apoptosis, which happens to be what the defective HD gene induces in cells.
It's definitely worth a look for researchers.
Posted by Dave at July 29, 2004 07:25 PM
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