Huntington's disease is a hereditary disorder caused by a genetic mutation in the HTT gene, leading to progressive brain cell ...

Beta blockers were associated with later appearance of motor symptoms and slower symptom worsening, but an outside expert ...

A recent study published in Cell reveals that the repeated DNA sequence that leads to Huntington’s disease (HD) expands ...

A new study of nerve cells affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) reveals that the disease-causing gene slowly expands over ...

Researchers have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of Huntington's disease. This genetic disorder has long been ...

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 ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that ...

Studies of living participants and postmortem brains confirm that gene expansion is a promising target for HD prevention ...

Carol Lynn Balkus, nee Carol Lynn Fry, who passed away January 15, 2025, at her home in Rio Rancho, New Mexico after a long ...

New research shows that the mutation is harmless for decades, but it quietly grows into a larger mutation and eventually ...

This study presents a valuable finding on the alterations in the autophagic-lysosomal pathway in a Huntington's disease model. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is solid. However, the ...

Huntington's disease, a fatal hereditary brain disorder, is linked to a genetic mutation that remains harmless for decades before expanding and producing toxic proteins that kill brain cells.