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Published online 19 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040112-16
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Simple sugar eases Huntington's disease in mice
Discovery provides taste of a possible route for human drug development.
A simple sugar called trehalose helps to relieve the symptoms of Huntington's disease in mice. The discovery may help researchers to design drug treatments for the human condition.
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