Ep 69 Huntington’s disease: Let’s talk frankl...

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The widespread use of leaded gasoline in the 20th century led to one of the world’s biggest public health and environmental disasters, the effects of which are still present today. Since its development in the 1920s, leaded gasoline has been linked to premature death, cognitive i ...  Show more

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Connaissez-vous la maladie de Huntington ? Cette maladie est une pathologie rare et héréditaire. En France, il semble y avoir moins de 10.000 personnes présentant actuellement des symptômes de cette pathologie et quasiment autant d’individus atteint mais n’ayant pas encore déclen ...  Show more

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is caused by extra repeats of the cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) amino acid group in the huntingtin gene. This leads to neuron dysfunction and death, mainly in the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex. In thi ...  Show more

Since humanity’s earliest days, we’ve been plagued by countless disease-causing pathogens. Invisible and persistent, these microorganisms and the illnesses they incur have killed more humans than anything else in history. But which disease has been the deadliest? Dan Kwartler ...