Cell-based technologies for Huntington's disease

ABSTRACT Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal genetic disorder, which causes the progressive breakdown of neurons in the human brain. HD deteriorates human physical and mental abilities over time and has no cure. Stem cell-based technologies are promising novel treatments, and in HD, they aim t...

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Main Authors: Mônica Santoro Haddad, Cristiane Valverde Wenceslau, Celine Pompeia, Irina Kerkis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642016000400287&lng=en&tlng=en