Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by an expansion mutation of a CAG repeat in exon 1 of the huntingtin (HTT) gene, that encodes an expanded polyglutamine tract in the HTT protein. HD is ...

HealthDay News — The Huntington disease (HD) Digital Motor Score (HDDMS), which is derived from smartphone sensor-based motor tests included in a remote HD digital monitoring platform, can ...

Skyhawk Therapeutics has dosed the first subject in the randomised Phase II/III FALCON-HD trial of the oral small-molecule RNA splicing modulator, SKY-0515, for Huntington’s disease (HD) treatment.

In the study, researchers utilized R6/2 mice, a well-established model for Huntington's disease that exhibits symptoms akin to those seen in humans. At five weeks of age, when initial symptoms ...

Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into the brains of adult animal ...

Researchers used R6/2 mice, a well-established model of Huntington’s disease that develops motor and cognitive symptoms similar to those seen in people. At five weeks old—when symptoms have just begun ...

Episodes June 17th 2019 EP. 1: Overview of Huntington Disease June 17th 2019 EP. 2: Genetic Testing and the Moral Dilemma of Testing June 17th 2019 EP. 3: Economic Burden and Education on Huntington ...

By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, June 17, GNA – Women’s Health to Wealth (WHW), a non-government organisation dedicated to the welfare of women and children, has donated 48 specially designed wheelchairs to ...

NUZ-001 and its active metabolite NUZ-001 Sulfone demonstrated significant neuroprotective effects in a zebrafish model of Huntington's disease Treatment prevented hallmark developmental and ...

Though it's the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s, many of its causes remain poorly understood. That might soon change.