“Yesterday/ All my troubles seemed so far away/ Now it looks as though they’re here to stay/ Oh, I believe in yesterday/ Suddenly/ I’m not half the man I used to be/ There’s a shadow hanging over me.” My dad and I loved listening to the Beatles’ “…
There is some evidence in the Huntington’s disease literature that suggests people with the gene may lack insight into how they have started to show signs of the illness. This terrifies me for several reasons, but for the focus of this column, I’ll discuss the possible effect this…
The juvenile form of Huntington’s disease, which affects patients younger than 20, is particularly aggressive and associated with an early onset of symptoms, a retrospective study has found. Based on the study’s findings, researchers have also suggested that a revision of the current classification of juvenile Huntington’s disease may…
A case study has reported an association between an exact genetic mutation and Huntington’s disease prognosis, which may help tailor treatments at early stages of the disease. Huntington’s disease is linked to a mutation in the HTT gene that codes for the huntingtin protein. An accumulation of the…
A factor called neurofilament light (NfL) may act as a biomarker of progression in Huntington’s disease, as blood levels of the molecule increase with more severe neurodegeneration. However, the factor also might offer a better means to predict disease onset in people carrying huntingtin mutations, as demonstrated in the study,…
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