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Contact: Aline McKenzie
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Caption: Dr. Ilya Bezprozvanny, associate professor of physiology, led research showing that the drug tetrabenazine -- used in some countries to treat the symptoms of Huntington's disease -- prevents death of brain cells in mice genetically engineered to mimic the hereditary condition.
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center
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