European Huntington Association Promotes Awareness, Potential Gene Therapies
There may be no cure yet for Huntington’s disease, but patients — and their families — can still do plenty to extend their life ... Read more
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FDA Orphan Designation Moves Vybion’s Huntington’s Therapy Closer To Clinical Trial
A therapy for Huntington’s disease called INT41 was granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), bringing the treatment a step ... Read more -
Young People Caring for Huntington’s Disease Parent Worry ‘This Could Be Me’
Taking care of parents with Huntington’s disease evokes thoughts of “this could be me” in young caregivers and affects their planning for predictive genetic testing, a ... Read more -
Compound in Raspberries May Help Protect Against Huntington’s, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases, Study Says
A bioactive compound present in raspberries called salidroside can prevent the cellular toxicity that occurs as a consequence of protein accumulation in certain neurodegenerative diseases, including ... Read more
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Juvenile Huntington’s More Aggressive, Leads to Early Symptoms, Study Reports
The juvenile form of Huntington’s disease, which affects patients younger than 20, is particularly aggressive ... -
#NORDSummit – Major Issues on Table for Rare Disease Patients in US as Midterm Elections Approach
With the U.S. midterm elections now less than two weeks away, patient advocacy groups ... -
DNA-based Therapy Reduces Anxious Behavior in Huntington’s Mouse Model, Study Shows
Suppressing the expression of the defective huntingtin gene using antisense oligonucleotides lowered anxiety-like behavior in ... -
Gene Therapy VY-HTT01 Can Protect Brain Cells from Damage Caused by HTT Faulty Gene, Results Show
One-time delivery of Voyager Therapeutics’ lead candidate gene therapy, VY-HTT01, effectively reduced the levels of the ... -
Advanced Huntington’s Patients Have Marked Difficulties in Driving, Study Shows
Patients at advanced stages of Huntington’s disease have marked difficulties in controlling vehicles in ... -
Neurological Dysfunction Detectable Before Huntington’s Diagnosis, Study Finds
Signs of neurological dysfunction can start long before a clinical diagnosis of Huntington’s disease, a study ...
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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