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November 13, 2019

Rare Disease Film Festival Highlights Patient and Researcher Unity

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Rare disease-themed videos glowed on a large screen before an audience of people in wheelchairs, with crutches, and bearing oxygen tanks this Nov. 9 and 10 in San Francisco. ... Read more

November 13, 2019November 13, 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 7, 2019November 7, 2019

Nerve Cell Development Appears Delayed in Juvenile Huntington’s, Stem Cell Study Reports

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Stem cells created from cells taken from juvenile Huntington’s disease (JHD) patients showed a delay in developing into mature neurons, but one that is reversible, a study reports. The study, ... 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

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019

MC10 and University of Vermont Establish Partnership to Study Gait Impairment in Huntington’s, other Movement Disorders

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MC10 and the University of Vermont have teamed up to advance understanding of gait impairments in Huntington’s disease and other movement disorders. The partnership will combine MC10’s BioStamp nPoint ... Read more

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

Inflammation and Changes in Brain’s Striatum Precede Huntington’s Symptoms, Study Finds

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Massive inflammation and other changes in the striatum, an area of the brain selectively destroyed in Huntington’s disease (HD), are already present before patients develop any symptoms, a study ... Read more

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019

Length of CAG Repeats in HTT Gene Expand with Age, Linked to Worse Clinical Outcomes, Study Finds

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The length of CAG repeats within the huntingtin (HTT) gene tends to increase as people with Huntington’s disease get older and is directly correlated with poor clinical outcomes, a ... Read more

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019

Psychosis Linked to More Severe Cognitive, Functional and Behavioral Symptoms, But Less Chorea, Study Finds

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People with Huntington’s disease who develop psychosis tend to have worse cognitive and behavioral disturbances, reduced ability to function, and fewer involuntary movements than patients who do not experience ... Read more

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

Handwriting Can Help Identify Asymptomatic Huntington’s, Study Suggests

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Analysis of handwriting movements using a pen tablet and specialized software can accurately distinguish people with Huntington’s disease who are still asymptomatic from those without the disease, a new ... Read more

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019

Mutations Linked to Huntington’s Increase Nerve Cells’ Resistance to High Levels of Manganese, Study Finds

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Mutations associated with Huntington’s disease increase nerve cells’ resistance to high levels of manganese, according to a recent study. The results of the study, “Huntington’s disease associated resistance to ... Read more

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