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More information on the approach: https://www.uniqure.com/programs-pipeline/huntingtons-diseas...

> AMT-130 consists of an AAV5 vector carrying an artificial micro-RNA specifically tailored to silence the huntingtin gene, leveraging our proprietary miQURE™ silencing technology. The therapeutic goal is to inhibit the production of the mutant protein (mHTT)

and the actual announcement: https://uniqure.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-detai...

> 75% slowing of disease progression as measured by Unified Huntington’s Disease Rating Scale (p=0.003)

> 60% slowing of disease progression as measured by Total Functional Capacity (p=0.033)

> 88% slowing of disease progression as measured by Symbol Digit Modalities Test (p=0.057)

> 113% slowing of disease progression as measured by Stroop Word Reading Test (p=0.0021)

> 59% slowing of disease progression as measured by Total Motor Score (p=0.1741)

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