The article attached to this link discusses new findings
that may help patients suffering from Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s
disease is caused by an amino acid deficiency that causes brain degeneration
which affects the patient corpus striatum; it can cause damage to 90 percent of
the corpus striatum section of the brain. This disease is hereditary, and a
cure has yet to be found even though the cause has been known for some number
of years. It has been known that a lack of the amino acid cysteine causes the
damage to the corpus striatum, and studies on mice diets have been showing some
promising signs. It has been seen that the mice feed a diet high in cysteine
found in foods like wheat germ and whey protein have had a positive reaction, because
it adds the cysteine that the patient is missing. The positive responses seen
on the test mice will hopefully lead to helping patients dealing with
Huntington’s disease.
Huntington’s disease is a very difficult disease to deal
with both the patient and their families; this article goes over a little more
about how it affects the patient’s health. This is a very important study because
Huntington’s disease cause a lot of pain for the patient, and affects the
family both mentally and physically.
This discovery is great for Huntington's disease patients and their families. My friend's father has it, so it is encouraging that scientist are starting to find a way to improve the symptoms.
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