It is an especially relevant question for many living with Huntington’s Disease (HD). Notably, some studies have shown that ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and ... Huntington’s symptoms – which include involuntary movement, unsteady gait, personality ...

A study published in Nature Medicine reveals subtle neurodegenerative changes in people with Huntington’s disease gene expansion up to 20 years before symptoms appear. Using advanced imaging, blood ...

The team found that although functions such as movement, thinking or behaviour remained normal for a long time before the onset of symptoms in Huntington's disease, subtle changes to the brain ...

A hallmark of Huntington’s disease is that the number of CAG repeats a person has determines when in life symptoms start, if ever. Forty or more generally result in the arrival of Huntington ...

Less than a month after researchers unveiled that a “ticking DNA clock” is behind Huntington’s disease (HD), scientists have ...

The cumulative death of many such cells leads to the symptoms of Huntington's disease. The study offers a potential explanation as to why candidate Huntington's drugs that aim to reduce expression ...

The cells seem to die once the CAG repeat reaches about 150 times. As these mutation-carrying neurons die off, the symptoms of the disease arise. Therapies that aim to treat Huntington's by reducing ...

The team found that although functions such as movement, thinking or behavior remained normal for a long time before the onset of symptoms in Huntington's disease, subtle changes to the brain were ...