MeSH tree: C10.228.140.380.278
To function properly, neurons need to recycle cellular waste before it becomes toxic. When neurons can no longer do that, either due to aging or harmful genetic mutations, neurodegenerative disease can set in. One sign that ...
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Huntington disease is a rare, inherited brain disorder that progressively destroys nerve cells, leading to worsening movement, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. Caused by a mutation in the huntingtin gene, the fatal disease ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Transposable elements (TEs), also called transposons, are DNA sequences capable of moving or replicating from one location to another within a genome. While TEs are the most significant fraction of the human genome (approximately ...
May 28, 2026
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Researchers have developed a technique that can identify errors caused by mutations linked to a range of genetic disorders, including forms of muscular dystrophy, Huntington's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...
May 21, 2026
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What if the very structures we thought were destroying the brain are actually trying to save it? A new study reveals that protein clumps, long considered toxic markers of diseases like Huntington's, act as a vital "quarantine" ...
May 19, 2026
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Treatments that target a fragment of the mutant protein that causes Huntington's disease might be more effective than treatments—now in clinical trials—that target the whole protein but leave this fragment intact, a new study ...
Mar 21, 2026
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Huntington's disease is a devastating brain disorder that slowly robs people of movement, memory, and personality. It is caused by a toxic protein that builds in brain cells and ultimately kills them. For years, scientists ...
Mar 20, 2026
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New treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and motor neuron disease (MND) could be unlocked thanks to microscopic medicines developed by researchers at the University of Essex. Using artificial ...
Mar 19, 2026
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Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a number of diseases, including immune deficiencies, hereditary blindness, hemophilia and, recently, Huntington's disease, a fatal neurological disorder.
Feb 27, 2026
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Neuroscience rarely enjoys clean experiments. Most brain disorders are mosaics of risk genes, aging, lifestyle and chance that leave their origins obscured. Huntington's disease (HD) is different. It begins with a single ...
Feb 18, 2026
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