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Huntington's disease

Genetics lends a hand

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A monkey model of Huntington's disease created by gene transfer is only a work in progress. But as a technological feat it offers great promise for fathoming this devastating condition.

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  1. Stéphane Palfi and Bechir Jarraya are in the CEA/DSV/I2BM–MIRCen, Fontenay-aux-Roses, and at the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, l'Hôpital Henri Mondor, Service de Neurochirurgie, Université Paris 12, Faculté de Médecine, Créteil F-94010, France. stephane.palfi@hmn.aphp.fr ,

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