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

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

APOBEC enzymes, which normally help fight viral infections by mutating viral DNA, cause repeat expansions and are unusually ...

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

Delve into the increasingly dynamic landscape of ALS treatment development with thirteen companies advancing candidates in ...

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 ...

The Medical Research Council (MRC) is launching its first two ‘Centres of Research Excellence’ ─ MRC CoRE ─ which will ...

On the 17th (local time), a joint research team from Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute announced research results in the international journal "Cell" that elucidated how genetic mutations ...

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

A highly-anticipated scientific paper has landed! This new work challenges current theories in Huntington’s disease research, ...

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

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 ...