Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder ... This gene produces a protein known as huntingtin, whose function remains unclear. The mutation that causes HD consists of an ...

Huntington’s disease is a neurogenerative disorder that causes a breakdown of nerve cells within the brain. As nerve cells controlling different functions are lost, people with Huntington’s ...

For 30 years, researchers have known that Huntington's is caused by an inherited mutation in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene, but they didn't know how the mutation causes brain cell death. A study ...

Huntington’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a breakdown of cells within the brain. As brain cells begin to die, it can lead to a wide variety of symptoms based on the areas ...

This microscope photo provided by the McLean Hospital's Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center in January 2024 shows cells in the caudate nucleus structure of the brain in a person with Huntington's ...

The Missouri Chapter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America will host a Team Hope walk Saturday, April 12, at Jackson ...

HDBuzz reported live updates on Bluesky from the 2025 HD Therapeutics Conference. Read on for coverage of Day 2. #CHDI2025 ...

Study Finds Surprising Way That Genetic Mutation Causes Huntington's Disease, Transforming Understanding of the Disorder Jan. 16, 2025 — Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by ...

They focused on the Huntington’s mutation, which involves a stretch of DNA in a particular gene where a three-letter sequence – CAG – is repeated at least 40 times. In people without the ...