Differences in brain connections for people who carry a mutation known to cause Huntington’s disease are detectable decades before…
Marisa Horak, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Horak, MS
Up to four years after a single dose of the experimental gene therapy ifezuntirgene inilparvovec (formerly AMT-130), people with…
In final 15-month study data, people with early-stage Huntington’s disease treated with SKY-0515, Skyhawk Therapeutics’ investigational oral therapy,…
uniQure has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking accelerated approval of AMT-130,…
Soma and Neurite Density Imaging (SANDI), an imaging technique that uses MRI scans to capture microstructural features of the brain,…
A novel gene-editing approach that’s designed to alter the huntingtin protein so it’s less prone to forming the toxic clumps…
A team led by scientists at a U.K. research organization has created a questionnaire to measure quality of life among…
A global clinical trial testing SKY-0515, Skyhawk Therapeutics’ daily oral therapy for Huntington’s disease, will soon start recruiting…
An early-stage clinical trial designed to test a novel stem cell therapy — one designed to replace lost or damaged…
SOM Biotech is preparing to launch a global late-stage clinical trial to evaluate whether SOM3355, its experimental oral therapy,…