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Friedreich's ataxia

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Friedreich's ataxia

Rare inherited neurological disorder characterized by unsteadiness of gait and posture and spasticity of the limbs. It is a progressive condition, with onset usually around the age of 12. Victims rarely live beyond the age of 40.

It is the result of a ‘stutter’ within a gene where one codon repeats itself. The disease affects 1 in 50,000 Europeans.


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Tokyo, Japan, Aug 4, 2005 - (JCNN) - Takeda Pharmaceutical and Santhera Pharmaceuticals jointly announced on August 3 that the two companies have signed an agreement for Idebenone, (SNT-MC17), a drug candidate for Friedreich's Ataxia developed by Takeda.
In 1996, she established the Theresa Byrnes Foundation, which funds research toward developing a cure for Friedreich's Ataxia, a fatal degenerative disease of the nervous system, which she has.
It was the cardiologist who put all the side effects together and diagnosed Friedreich's ataxia (1).
 
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