Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to ...
Jan 16, 2025
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People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time. The cause is related to expansion of repeating DNA units, in which specific strings of genetic ...
Jan 9, 2025
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University of Bergen researcher Markus Miettinen is among the first scientists to provide a detailed description of protein clumps associated with Huntington's disease. The findings, which could pave the way for new diagnostic ...
Jan 7, 2025
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The genetic mutation that causes Huntington's disease (HD)—a devastating brain disease that disrupts mobility and diminishes cognitive ability—may also enhance early brain development and play a role in promoting human ...
Nov 13, 2024
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Scientists at Northwestern and Case Western Reserve universities have developed the first polymer-based therapeutic for Huntington's disease, an incurable, debilitating illness that causes nerve cells to break down in the ...
Nov 1, 2024
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Researchers with McMaster University have discovered that the protein mutated in patients with Huntington disease doesn't repair DNA as intended, impacting the ability of brain cells to heal themselves.
Sep 27, 2024
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For the first time, researchers have implicated the gene CHCHD2 in Huntington's disease (HD)—an incurable genetic neurodegenerative disorder—and identified the gene as a potentially new therapeutic target. In a brain ...
Aug 22, 2024
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Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered two small molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, slowing and even reversing the effects of Huntington's, which is incurable.
Feb 26, 2024
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The Florey's Professor Anthony Hannan, Head of the Epigenetics and Neural Plasticity Group, and Research Co-Lead for the Mental Health Mission, said the results of a study published in Brain Behavior and Immunity indicate ...
Feb 2, 2024
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Huntington's disease causes involuntary movements and dementia, has no cure, and is fatal. For the first time, UC Riverside scientists have shown they can slow its progression in flies and worms, opening the door to human ...
Nov 8, 2023
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