Digital gait measurements collected through sensors can be used as a biomarker for walking impairments in people with Huntington’s disease (HD), a new study suggests. Individuals with HD were found to have smaller stride lengths and slower walking speeds, with more variation in their walking patterns, compared…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) granted orphan designation to Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals’ (EHP) EHP-102 for the treatment of Huntington’s disease. Orphan status is given to medications designed to treat, prevent or diagnose rare life-threatening or chronically debilitating disorders that affect no more than five…
Neurons in the striatum — a brain region responsible for motor control — require a functional huntingtin (HTT) gene to survive and remain healthy during aging and to allow proper communication between nerve cells, according to a mouse study. The study, “Striatal Projection Neurons Require…
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