Creatine May Help Slow CAG Expansion
By Paul Enderson on Jul 21, 2007 in Supplements
Important research reported in May 2007 Nature Magazine shows that Huntington’s turns a normally protective enzyme into one that likely accelerates disease progression. Dr. Cynthia McMurray and colleagues show that OGG1, an enzyme that normally repairs damaged DNA, seriously malfunctions and causes a further increase in the already enlarged CAG repeat number in HD brain cells.
Dr. Goodman believes the real and practical “take home” message from this important study is that HD people may now have two good reasons to take Creatine.
Read the full article on the HD Drug Works site.
