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Making babies: having a family, the HD way

Making babies: having a family, the HD way

Making babies: HDBuzz's feature article - updated for 2024 - on fertility technologies that can help at-risk people to have HD-free children

Betony Childs and Dr Nayana LahiriMarch 16, 2024

Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 - Day 3

Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 - Day 3

Dr Rachel Harding, Dr Leora Fox, and Dr Sarah HernandezMarch 07, 2024

Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 - Day 2

Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 - Day 2

Dr Rachel Harding, Dr Sarah Hernandez, and Dr Leora FoxMarch 06, 2024

Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 - Day 1

Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 - Day 1

Check out research updates from Day 1 of the 2024 HD Therapeutics Conference #HDTC2024

Dr Rachel Harding, Dr Sarah Hernandez, and Dr Leora FoxMarch 05, 2024

CRISPR-based drugs: one giant leap for mankind

CRISPR-based drugs: one giant leap for mankind

Casgevy is the first CRISPR-based drug to make its way through the approval process, all but curing Sickle Cell Disease and it’s paving the way for similar drugs targeting other diseases. Is Huntington’s disease next?

Dr Rachel HardingFebruary 14, 2024

Steady progress from uniQure - promising data to end the year

Steady progress from uniQure - promising data to end the year

uniQure ushered in the end of the year by releasing some promising data from their huntingtin-lowering gene therapy trials

Dr Rachel HardingDecember 20, 2023

Putting it in print: GENERATION HD1 study results published

Putting it in print: GENERATION HD1 study results published

Data from GENERATION HD1, the Phase 3 clinical trial testing the huntingtin-lowering drug tominersen, have just been published in a scientific journal. The trial ended a while back, so why is this an important milestone, and what’s next?

Dr Sarah Hernandez, Dr Rachel Harding, and Dr Leora FoxDecember 07, 2023

Regulating repetition: Gaining control of CAG repeats could slow progression of Huntington’s disease

Regulating repetition: Gaining control of CAG repeats could slow progression of Huntington’s disease

Many diseases are caused by repetitive DNA sequences. Understanding the regulation of those repetitive sequences may hold the key for unlocking therapeutics for Huntington’s disease. A team from Toronto has just advanced our understanding.

Dr Jeff CarrollNovember 30, 2023

Beyond huntingtin lowering: out-of-the-box approaches for the treatment of HD

Beyond huntingtin lowering: out-of-the-box approaches for the treatment of HD

The HD pipeline is rich and varied. Let's talk about some out-of-the-box approaches for developing drugs for HD that don't involve huntingtin lowering.

Kelly AndrewNovember 24, 2023

Getting to the Root of Huntington's Disease: A Plant-Based Approach

Getting to the Root of Huntington's Disease: A Plant-Based Approach

Researchers used plants to study how to stop the Huntington’s disease protein from forming toxic clumps

Dr Rachel HardingOctober 15, 2023

Could halting CAG expansions be a new treatment for HD?

Could halting CAG expansions be a new treatment for HD?

The gene MSH3 is getting a lot of attention in HD research lately. New findings suggest MSH3 lowering could halt CAG repeat expansions, offering a new therapeutic avenue.

Dr Sarah HernandezOctober 05, 2023