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A company called uniQure has announced promising results from a trial of a new gene therapy for Huntington's disease. The news has spread quickly through families affected by this condition, who have been desperately waiting ...
Sep 29, 2025
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UK researchers said Wednesday they had slowed the progression of the fatal neural condition Huntington's disease for the first time with a groundbreaking new gene therapy.
Sep 24, 2025
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In fatal genetic diseases like Huntington's and spinocerebellar ataxia, proteins develop long stretches of repeating letters that are prone to sticking together like Velcro.
Sep 24, 2025
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A University of Cologne research team has identified a direct molecular link between aging and neurodegeneration by investigating how age-related changes in cell signaling contribute to toxic protein aggregation.
Sep 3, 2025
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A new review study by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development shows that nearly 1 in 3 people choose to avoid medical information about serious health conditions if they fear they may be affected. One of the main reasons ...
Aug 26, 2025
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Among the many wonders of the brain is its ability to master learned movements—a dance step, piano sonata, or tying our shoes—acquired through trial-and-error practice. For decades, neuroscientists have known that these tasks ...
Aug 11, 2025
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A research team led by Prof. Li Hai from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel deep learning framework that significantly improves the accuracy and interpretability ...
Jul 7, 2025
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Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into the brains of adult animal models of the disease not ...
Jun 16, 2025
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A series of digital tests carried out via a smartphone app could enhance the detection of disease progression in Huntington's disease and improve the efficiency of clinical trials, finds research led by scientists at University ...
Jun 9, 2025
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Broad Institute researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and Friedreich's ataxia.
May 27, 2025
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