Huntington’s Disease successfully treated for first time

A great leap forward which will hopefully lead to even better treatments and maybe even a total cure. Such a cruel disease.

It is amazing news.

How fantastic
Some good news 😊

I’m so pleased to see this, there is a cluster in the area where I used to work, and it is a devastating disease, it completely blights the lives of the families affected. Well done those scientists.

Good news for a change!

This is brilliant news, I applaud all who helped achieve this fantastic way forwards.

Brilliant!

great news, it shows how people are working away in the background, to accomplish brilliant things.

I always think of Woody Guthrie who was a well known sufferer from Huntingdon's Chorea as it was called back then. He inherited from his mother and his two eldest daughters both died from it. It is a pity that this latest breakthrough came far too late for them.

Incidentally one of his songs was called 'Old Man Trump' and it was about Fred Trump, Donald's father.

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Such good news.
I worked with a young family who had this disease years ago...
The future was SO bleak and they were really lovely people.

I hope the children are still alive and see this news.
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Great news, especially for East Anglia where there are clusters. It’s a horrible, heartbreaking disease to witness.

Magenta8

I always think of Woody Guthrie who was a well known sufferer from Huntingdon's Chorea as it was called back then. He inherited from his mother and his two eldest daughters both died from it. It is a pity that this latest breakthrough came far too late for them.

Incidentally one of his songs was called 'Old Man Trump' and it was about Fred Trump, Donald's father.

Yes. That was my first thought, too. That and the fact that Trump and Kennedy seem to be pulling the plug on medical research.

I'm so thrilled to hear this. What a breakthrough and a lovely positive piece of news for a change.

It is great news. Huntingdon's is such a horrible disease, and for people to live with the knowledge that they have the gene, often having seen the reality of the progression, must be torture.

I just pray NICE don’t quibble about the cost.
One of the research team on the news gave £2 million for the operation. That will be a one off operation.
She gave details as to what the operation entails, mind blowing technology 🙏

I have never forgotten a man who had visited his wife for years on a ward I worked on in 1968. She had Huntington's and her body moved and contorted relentlessly and she had no speech. He told me she would always be the woman he loves. I often find myself thinking about them both. I was thrilled beyond words to hear about this research.

I remember the lecturer introducing us to a very nice man at a neurology lecture. He smiled and chatted pleasantly. After he left the lecturer explained that he had Huntington's Chorea and outlined what would happen to him. It was so very sad. I never forgot.

Sadly too late for my niece, too far gone.
Only in her twenties.

That’s really sad for her and the family Mt61, I hope nobody else is affected.

Casdon

That’s really sad for her and the family Mt61, I hope nobody else is affected.

Thanks Casdon. Her mum & gran died of it. Other siblings too, one tested not positive. The others doesn’t want to be tested.
Personally I wouldn’t have had children.

Unfortunately the disease is or was not diagnosed until it was too late and the affected people already had children.
Dreadful disease, I nursed a couple of patients who had it, awful to see the progression
Such good news that a last there is some treatment although expensive, congratulations to all those people who worked tirelessly on the research.

Mt61

Sadly too late for my niece, too far gone.
Only in her twenties.

So sorry about that, is tragic. Is an evil disease so am so glad that for some the new treatment will help them.
But for many like your niece it will be too late.
Thoughts are with your family.
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