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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Study Finds Surprising Way That Genetic Mutation Causes Huntington's Disease, Transforming Understanding of the Disorder Jan. 16, 2025 — Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by ...

Published in Cell, the study titled, “Long somatic DNA-repeat expansion drives neurodegeneration in Huntington’s disease,” ...

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 ...

For many people, the symptoms of Huntington's disease will not begin ... that affect thousands of Australians such as Fragile X syndrome and Friedreich's ataxia. Study co-author Sabina Berretta ...