Posts by: Marta Figueiredo

Marta Figueiredo

Marta Figueiredo holds a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is currently finishing her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Lisbon, where she focused her research on the role of several signalling pathways in thymus and parathyroid glands embryonic development.

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020

Huntington’s in Youth Closely Tied to Problems With School and Social Life

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Behavioral changes due to early onset Huntington’s disease and problems with school, and social and family life are common, particularly among pediatric patients, according to a case series study in ... Read more

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020

Huntington’s Alters Brain Development Before Birth, Study Shows

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Huntington’s disease alters nerve cell development in the cortex — a brain region largely affected in people with the condition — before birth, a study has found. “Huntington’s definitely ... Read more

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Antidopaminergic Meds Ease Chorea But May Worsen Cognition, Study Finds

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Antidopaminergic medications are associated with lesser chorea and irritability in people with Huntington’s disease, but they may worsen their cognitive skills, data from the largest observational study of the disease show. Future, ... Read more

April 21, 2020August 25, 2020

Vaccinex’s Pepinemab Halts Brain Shrinkage, Eases Symptoms in Early Huntington’s Patients, Results Shows

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Vaccinex’s experimental therapy pepinemab (VX15/2503) improves brain metabolism, halts its atrophy, and eases motor and cognitive symptoms in people with late prodromal (before clinical diagnosis) and early Huntington’s disease, according to ... Read more

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

Early Study Identifies 3 Small Molecules That Target Root Cause of Huntington’s

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Researchers have identified three new small molecules that significantly reduce the formation of toxic aggregates of mutant huntingtin — the underlying cause of Huntington’s disease — in cells derived ... Read more

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019

Mini Pig Model of Huntington’s May be Advantageous in Preclinical Trials, Researchers Say

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The mini pig model of Huntington’s disease not only has a similar brain anatomy to humans, but also shows the slow and age-dependent neurodegeneration and weight loss that’s characteristic ... Read more

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019

Q-Motor Tool Shows Promise in Detecting Motor Changes in At-risk Children, Study Shows

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Q-Motor, a promising motor-assessment tool for adults with Huntington’s disease, also provides non-invasive, easy, and sensitive measures to gauge motor function changes in children and adolescents, a study shows. The ... Read more

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019

Microprotein of Mitochondria Helps Regulate Protein Folding and Cell Stress Linked to Disease, Study Finds

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PIGBOS — a newly discovered mitochondrial microprotein involved in a cellular stress-response mechanism called unfolded protein response (UPR) — might be a treatment target for neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington’s, a ... Read more

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

Age of Onset in Huntington’s Linked to Property of CAG Repeat Length in Study

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Age of onset in Huntington’s disease is associated with a property of the inherited CAG repeat length in the huntingtin (HTT) gene — which determines the probability of further repeat ... Read more

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

Researchers Find Genetic Overlap Between Psychiatric Disorders and Psychiatric, Cognitive Symptoms in Huntington’s

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Psychiatric and cognitive symptoms in Huntington’s disease share genetic traits with psychiatric disorders and intelligence, respectively, according to a study. These findings suggest that current treatments used for depression ... Read more

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