New Blood Test May Track Early Changes in Huntington’s Disease, Study Finds
Two proteins present in the blood and brains of patients with Huntington’s disease may be used as biomarkers to detect the earliest changes caused ... Read more
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Advocacy Groups, Doctors Question Rising Prices of Rare Disease Treatments
Half a year has gone by since disgraced pharma executive Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for securities and wire ... Read more -
Northwestern University Receives $12.6 Million to Study Protein Balance Mechanisms in Health and Disease
The National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted $12.6 million to Northwestern University to study the role of ... Read more -
Mutant Huntingtin and Neurofilament Light Protein Could be Biomarkers in Huntington’s, Study Suggests
Measuring concentrations of mutant huntingtin (mHTT) protein and another protein, called neurofilament light protein (NfL), can provide early and specific indications of Huntington’s-related changes, ... Read more -
Phase 1b Trial Will Test Nilotinib’s Safety, Tolerability in Huntington’s Patients
A Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) Phase 1b clinical trial is recruiting patients to test the safety and tolerability of a leukemia treatment called ... Read more
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UTHealth, Astros Team Up to Give Huntington’s Patients a Day at the Ballpark
With the support of Houston Astros pitcher Joe Smith and the University of Texas ... -
Roche Set to Start 2 Clinical Studies of Potential Huntington’s Therapy RG6042
Two new clinical studies of Roche’s investigational therapy RG6042 for Huntington’s disease (HD) are planned to ... -
#NORDSummit – More Than 700 Expected to Attend Oct. 15-16 Rare Disease Summit in Washington
More than 700 medical experts, pharmaceutical executives, patient advocates, and others are expected to ... -
Metformin Reversed Symptoms Associated with Huntington’s Disease in Mouse Study
Researchers narrowing in on early neuronal functioning stages of development, well before Huntington’s disease symptoms ... -
New Test Could Help Predict Onset, Course of Huntington’s, Lab Researchers Say
Short huntingtin (HTT) protein fibers precede the formation of larger deposits that accumulate in ... -
Early Therapeutic Intervention Seen to Reverse Huntington’s Symptoms in Mouse Study
Huntington’s disease begins early, before birth, but symptoms tend to appear much later in ...
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Blocking 2 Enzymes Seen to Reduce Nerve Cell Loss in Fruit Fly Model of Huntington’s
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A collaboration between researchers at the University of Leicester, U.K., and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, may lead to a way of reversing some symptoms of neurogedenerative diseases, like Huntington’s, by blocking two specific enzymes of the kynurenine ... Read more