EU Calls for Research Proposals on Common Links in Neurodegenerative Diseases

The European Union is inviting researchers in 20 countries to work together on projects focusing on Huntington’s disease (HD) and other degenerative diseases. The agency sponsoring the effort, the Joint Programme — Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), said in a press release that neurodegenerative conditions have become a global health epidemic, with heavy economic…

Huntington’s Drug Candidate Huntexil Can Trigger Neuroprotection

Huntexil (pridopidine), a drug candidate intended to treat Huntington’s disease movement symptoms, might have a more intricate way of acting on the brain than researchers previously believed — by ramping up activity in molecular pathways known to promote neuroprotection. In the study “Pridopidine activates neuroprotective pathways impaired in…