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May 24, 2018 News by Patricia Inácio, PhD

Class of Lipids Merit ‘High Priority’ Attention as Possible Treatment Route in Huntington’s, Study Says

Increasing evidence links a specific fat to Huntington’s disease, and it “merits more attention” as a “high priority” target for potential disease treatments, a review study reports. The study, “The S1P Axis: New Exciting Route for Treating Huntington’s Disease,” was published in the journal Trends in Pharmacological Sciences.

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