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POSTED February 9, 2010 - 15:57 | POSTED BY Neha Jindal

Alzheimer’s drug can cure Huntington’s, finds study

New York, U.S., February 9 -- Drug used to cure Alzheimer’s can improve mental abilities of Huntington’s patients too, finds a novel research.

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The research conducted by the University of Rochester, and funded by Medivation Inc. and Pfizer Inc. found that latrepirdine drug used to cure hay fever about three decades ago, could stabilize mitochondria-- the power source of brain and other cells, thus improvising the mental state of Huntington’s patients.

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