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Transplanting healthy human glial cells into HD mouse brains improved movement, memory, and survival. Even more strikingly, the glia coaxed diseased neurons to behave more like healthy ones, offering ...
Simon Says isn’t just a game, it’s a window into early HD! In this study, tiny thumb twitches reveal how attention slips ...
Participants in a PET study received the tracer, then gave it time to reach the brain. Then they laid in a scanner that took ...
Scientists used 3D mini-brains grown from stem cells to study Huntington’s disease. They found early developmental changes linked to mitochondrial stress, suggesting that energy imbalance may play a ...
Proposed Huntington's disease 'biomarker' is not useful, new study suggests New study shows a blood chemical called '8OHdG' is not a good biomarker for HD. Bad news? April 25, 2013 ...
A multiple sclerosis drug that works for Huntington's disease: the real deal or too good to be true? Fingolimod, a drug used in multiple sclerosis, prevents memory problems in HD mice. Would it work ...
On June 2, 2025, uniQure shared that they’re aligned with the FDA about moving forward with their HTT-lowering gene therapy, AMT‑130. If the next round of results from their ongoing trial continues to ...
Picture a quiet neighborhood. Things used to run smoothly here. Kids played outside, front yards were mowed, and the neurons — the longtime residents — looked out for one another. But lately, fires ...
Spark and Roche issued a joint community letter to share that the first patient has been dosed in a new HD gene therapy trial.