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Hyperactive Immune System Offers Window To The Brain In Degenerative Disease

Hyperactive Immune System Offers Window To The Brain In Degenerative Disease

Time 14.07.2008 16:12 Source  medicalnewstoday.com

Recent findings that a mutant gene can cause abnormal overactivity in the immune system could be significant in the search for treatments of Huntington's disease (HD) and other degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, according to new research led by scientists at UCL (University College London) and published today in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Region World Category Alzheimer's Disease

Date: 22 November 2008 - 10:14

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