New genetic research shows why some people develop deadly Huntington's disease earlier than others. The findings could lead to better treatments.

Subtle signs of neurodegeneration can be detected in blood, CSF, and neuroimaging, up to 20 years before the motor symptoms ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in parts of the ...

A new study of nerve cells affected by Huntington’s disease (HD ... the brains of patients who died while in different stages of the disease. To their surprise, they found that the length ...

The field of Huntington’s disease research has been undergoing a radical reshaping of how the brain-ravaging disease — and what drives it — is understood. After decades focused on the notion ...

Huntington’s disease is horrible ... mood swings and memory problems, and end with death, is “dominant”—meaning only one parent need be a carrier to pass it on. Since a dominant gene ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in parts of the ...

A drug originally developed for high blood pressure could find a new use in the treatment of Huntington's disease ... Huntington's chorea due before the end of the year. Ingrezza was approved ...

Interim results from the phase 1/2 trial reported in the summer showed that AMT-130 was able to slow down disease progression in patients with early-stage Huntington's over two years compared to ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in ...