Let's Talk About Huntington’s Disease Cure Claims, Legit or No?
Anton Petrov
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My name is Anton and I explain science, math or other complicated topics using simulations, video games and easy to understand words. This is a (mostly) family friendly channel with the focus on science education. All of the videos are meant to be informative and will teach you fun facts about science you probably didn't know. So subscribe and stuff Because people keep asking me about background: -Bachelor of Science, McGill University (2006) -Worked as Astrobiology researcher in the Dr Hojatollah Vali lab at McGill -Master of Science and Math Education, University of Toronto (2014) -Math/Science/Coding teacher since 2007 in various schools, currently South Korea If you want to help this channel grow and want to donate a bitcoin or a satoshi, here's my wallet: bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF (send me a private message so I can put you in the permanent list of contributors) Thank you!
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the new breakthrough in regards to the Huntington's breakthroughs Links: https://uniqure.gcs-web.com/node/12261/pdf https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevz13xkxpro https://theconversation.com/a-new-treatment-for-huntingtons-disease-is-genuinely-promising-but-heres-why-we-still-need-caution-266062 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27003755/ #huntingtonsdisease #biology #research 00:00 - Introduction & Overview of Huntington’s Disease 01:00 - The New Gene Therapy Clinical Trial Announcement 02:40 - How Huntington’s Disease Affects the Brain 04:30 - Genetic Cause: The HTT Gene and Mutation Mechanism 06:30 - Details of the AMT-130 Gene Therapy and Delivery 08:30 - Early Trial Results: 75% Slowing of Disease Progression 10:20 - Trial Limitations: Small Group, Lack of Placebo Control 12:00 - Price, Access, and Surgical Complexity of Treatment 13:30 - Implications and Potential for Future Neurodegenerative Therapies 15:00 - Summary, Caution, and Future Outlook Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Dr. Steven Finkbeiner, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, The Taube-Koret Center for Huntington's Disease Research, and the University of California CC BY 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington%27s_disease#/media/File:Neuron_with_mHtt_inclusion.jpg SUM1 CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudate_nucleus#/media/File:Caudate_nucleus.svg Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses
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