Raman spectroscopy, an analysis technique that uses light, identified a specific molecular fingerprint in the blood of people with Huntington’s disease, a study has found. This technique may be useful as a non-invasive diagnostic tool to track disease progression and as…
In this week’s column, I’d like to share a few details about a typical day for my wife, Jill. When the alarm sounds at 5:20 a.m., she wakes up and gets ready to go to work as a secretary in a small private school. Jill starts her workday by helping…
Railway signalman Sandy Patience has witnessed the devastating effects of Huntington’s disease on family members. When he learned two years ago that he, too, inherited the neurodegenerative disorder, the news was crushing. But now, as one of the first Scotland residents to participate in an international Phase 3 trial…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that children get their first dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine between 12 and 15 months. Of course, some children can’t receive it due to immune system problems or severe allergies,…
As many as 80 experts from a dozen countries will gather next month in Vienna for the European Conference on Controversies in Huntington’s Disease (ECCH2020). The Feb. 13–14 meeting “aims to increase awareness and interests around the main aspects” of Huntington’s disease, which according to the European…
My mother-in-law, Edwina, visited us right before Christmas. I’m proud to say that I’m her favorite son-in-law. (That’s a family joke. I’m her only son-in-law.) Her husband, Ken, died from Huntington’s disease in 2011. During her visit, I asked her what it’s like to be a caregiver for someone you…
Efforts to understand brain development in young people at risk for Huntington’s disease have been given a boost by an $18 million grant awarded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a division of the…
“It could be worse” is a sentiment I hear fairly often. It’s often said after I express sympathy for someone’s situation — such as when someone worked until 10 p.m. instead of leaving at 6. It’s as if the sympathy is unwarranted because it wasn’t the absolute worst…
Huntington’s patients who were treated with the compound WVE-120102 showed a statistically significant drop in mutant huntingtin protein (HTT) in their cerebrospinal fluid, according to a recent Phase 1b/2a clinical trial. The compound was also found to be safe and well-tolerated. These data support the testing of higher dosages…
Patience doesn’t just happen. It takes work. Would you enter a weightlifting competition, run a marathon, or perform stand-up comedy without planning and practicing? You probably wouldn’t. So why do we expect ourselves just to be patient? When my wife, Jill, learned that she carries the Huntington’s gene, we started…
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