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Gene therapy has been successfully used in a clinical trial to treat Huntington's disease for the first time.

The genetic disease affects about 75,000 people in the U.S., European Union and UK.

Huntington's is passed down genetically, with each offspring having a 50% chance of inheriting it.

Doctors in the United Kingdom are reporting that they’ve successfully used gene therapy to treat Huntington’s disease for the first time. With the treatment, the doctors said it would take four years to see the level of decline typically seen in a single year.

Professor Sarah Tabrizi told BBC News it offers patients a “good quality life.”

The genetic disease has been likened to a combination of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis at the same time for the havoc it

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