Huntington's disease discovery opens door to a new class of treatments
New treatments for Huntington's disease could be on the horizon following research led by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
Aug 17, 2026
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Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
MeSH tree: C10.574.500
New approach opens rare immune cells to genetic risk research
Much of how genetic risk leads to disease has remained hidden. In many cases, genetic variants linked to disease do not act on nearby genes along the chromosome. Instead, they influence genes located far away along the DNA ...
Aug 15, 2026
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MRI model reveals microstructural brain changes linked to Huntington's disease
Researchers have shown that an imaging model can detect microstructural abnormalities in the brain associated with Huntington's disease, potentially offering a new method for monitoring disease progression and evaluating ...
Aug 11, 2026
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Broccoli could treat untreatable rare nerve disease, research finds
The secret ingredient for treating a rare nervous system disease could be hiding in the fridge, Swinburne researchers have discovered.
Aug 10, 2026
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3D genome mapping in rare immune cells reveals new Crohn's disease genes
A new study co-led by professor Valeriya Malysheva, group leader at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, published in Nature Genetics, uncovers how the three-dimensional organization of DNA in rare immune cells ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Gene editing tool reduces Huntington's toxic protein fragments and symptoms in mice
A gene-editing tool designed to precisely rewrite the gene that causes Huntington's disease reduced toxic protein fragments and symptoms associated with the disease in mice, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...
Jul 29, 2026
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Genetic risk factors of fibromyalgia identified in largest study of its kind
New genetic risk factors have been identified for fibromyalgia syndrome in a landmark study that involved scientists at King's College London. The study, published in Nature Medicine, highlights how the nervous system plays ...
Jul 28, 2026
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Researchers explain differences in brain tissue vulnerability in neurological disease
Many neurological diseases damage specific parts of the brain, even though the harmful protein involved is present throughout the brain. Researchers at Texas Children's Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) ...
Jul 20, 2026
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Newborn screening: Why clear communication matters as testing expands
"I think you always believe it's never going to happen to me." That is how one parent described learning that their newborn baby had been identified as being at possible risk of a rare genetic condition through routine newborn ...
Jul 15, 2026
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Huntington's treatment quest reaches first pluripotent stem cell trial, with safety now under review
An update on the first clinical trial evaluating a pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem cell therapy for Huntington's disease was presented at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting. The Phase Ib/IIa REGEN4HD study represents ...
Jul 9, 2026
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