disease huntington
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- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is known to be associated with two human malignant diseases, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and endemic Burkitt's lymphoma.
- The expansion of CTG repeats in DNA occurs in or near genes involved in several human diseases, including myotonic dystrophy and Huntington's disease.
- Huntington disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder with no disease-modifying treatments approved so far.
- Polyglutamine expansion in certain proteins causes neurodegeneration in inherited disorders such as Huntington disease and X-linked spinobulbar muscular atrophy.
- Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating illness and at present there is no disease modifying therapy or cure for it; and management of the disease is limited to a few treatment options for amelioration of symptoms.
- The generation of free radicals and oxidative stress has been linked to several neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.