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4 days ago · Becoming educated and informed about Huntington’s disease is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
Breakthrough represents a new hope for HD patients
Feb 28, 2024 · Scientists from the Weizmann Institute in Israel have published the results of an animal study which holds tremendous promise for the treatment of Huntington’s Disease.
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4 days ago · Mini brains grown in a dish shed light on Huntington’s disease and how we might treat it Exciting new findings using 3D human lab-grown mini brains inform ongoing HTT-lowering trials and suggest that stem cell transplants for HD may improve cell-to-cell communication and reduce disease features.
FDA funds works into wearable sensors for early Huntington’s
3 days ago · The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is supporting financially a study into how well wearable sensors measure two early signs of Huntington’s disease, which could be of use to clinical trials of potential treatments.
AAN 2024: Ingrezza eases chorea, regardless of antipsychotics use
Apr 23, 2024 · Ingrezza was approved in the U.S. last year for adults with Huntington’s-associated chorea — the involuntary movements that affect most people with the neurodegenerative disease. That clearance was backed mainly by findings from the Phase 3 KINECT-HD clinical trial (NCT04102579) , where Ingrezza …
Huntington’s Disease Breakthrough: Scientists Tame
Jan 22, 2024 · Researchers at UC Riverside have advanced the treatment of Huntington’s disease by identifying the role of RNA methylation in its progression, offering potential for developing effective therapies for this and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Huntington's disease - Latest research and news | Nature
Sep 24, 2024 · Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease that shows selective regional vulnerability. Here, the authors show that postmortem brain HD astrocytes are regionally diverse, with a...
Gene Editing Therapy in Early Stages of Huntington’s Disease …
Jul 7, 2021 · Huntington’s disease is a rare genetic disorder caused by a single defective gene, dubbed “huntingtin,” on human chromosome 4. The gene is passed on from parents to children — if one parent has the mutation, each child has a 50% chance of inheriting it.
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Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It deteriorates a person’s physical and mental abilities usually during their prime working years and has no cure. History and Genetics of …
A new culprit in Huntington's disease | ScienceDaily
Aug 22, 2024 · Researchers have implicated a new gene in the progression of Huntington's disease in a brain organoid model. The gene may contribute to brain abnormalities much earlier than previously...