New research shows that the mutation is, surprisingly, harmless for decades. But it quietly grows into a larger mutation — ...
Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that ...
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately 20 ...
A new study of nerve cells affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) reveals that the disease-causing gene slowly expands over ...
Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the understanding ...
If you’ve ever heard of Huntington’s disease, you know how devastating it can be. This hereditary brain disorder slowly robs ...
About 2,000 people in Australia are affected by Huntington's disease, a fatal and incurable condition that affects the ...
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington's ...
Prilenia Therapeutics is planning to file its Huntington’s disease therapy pridopidine in the EU, despite mixed results in a phase 3 trial. Pridopidine is an oral agonist of the S1R protein ...
Its potential in Huntington's disease emerged thanks to an AI drug screening platform operated by SOM, which is used to identify existing drugs that can be repurposed for use in new indications.