Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...

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

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a ...

A new study highlights the potential of a therapeutic strategy focused on stopping or slowing Huntington's disease.

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

Researchers at Tufts University revealed a possible molecular mechanism explaining how the DNA repeats are broken and then expanded in the Huntington’s disease gene, pointing to a component of the ...

About 2,000 people in Australia are affected by Huntington's disease, a fatal and incurable condition that affects the ...

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

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

People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time ...

People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time.

Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the understanding ...