Huntington siRNA Highly Toxic to Cancer Cells

There really is no upside to Huntington’s disease (HD), as the genetic illness is fatal and causes the breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. However, if one were searching for some positive aspect, HD patients are an anomaly with respect to contracting cancer—with 80% fewer cases than the general population. Now, a team of investigators at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has discovered why HD is so toxic to cancer cells and are harnessing it as a novel approach t