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Huntington’s disease research news.

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  • Could rewiring the brain’s “brakes” improve movement in Huntington’s disease?

    Could rewiring the brain’s “brakes” improve movement in Huntington’s disease?

    6 min read

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  • A new era for HDBuzz

    A new era for HDBuzz

    12 min read

    For over a decade HDBuzz has reported unbiased news about Huntington’s disease research and trials. As our beloved Ed and Jeff step back, Rachel, Sarah, and Leora look forward to upholding the HDBuzz mission.

  • How many is too many? Exploring the toxic CAG threshold in the Huntington’s disease brain

    How many is too many? Exploring the toxic CAG threshold in the Huntington’s disease brain

    6 min read

    New work from researchers in London uses mice to narrow in on the number of CAG repeats needed to cause symptoms of Huntington’s disease. Their work points to fewer than 185 CAGs as a threshold.

  • Cry your eyes out: detecting huntingtin in tears

    Cry your eyes out: detecting huntingtin in tears

    5 min read

    Is someone cutting onions? Expanded huntingtin can now be detected in tears to help scientists track disease progression.

  • The director’s cut: how CAG repeats change the editing of genetic messages

    The director’s cut: how CAG repeats change the editing of genetic messages

    7 min read

    Scientists in Massachusetts have recently advanced our understanding of how repetitive sequences in DNA can disrupt the creation and editing of genetic messenger molecules in cells, and how this could lead to the production of harmful proteins.

  • Understanding expansions at the single cell level

    Understanding expansions at the single cell level

    8 min read

    Scientists have looked at CAG expansions in brains from people with HD to see which cells are affected

  • Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 – Day 3

    Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 – Day 3

    17 min read

    HDBuzz is back for the last day of the CHDI HD Therapeutics Conference: Thursday February 29th in Palm Springs, California. This article summarizes our real-time updates of the conference in community-friendly language. From genes to medicines The morning session will focus on how human genetics is driving the development of therapeutics. “Genetic modifiers” are genes…

  • Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 – Day 2

    Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 – Day 2

    13 min read

    HDBuzz is back for Day 2 of the CHDI HD Therapeutics Conference: Wednesday February 28th in Palm Springs, California. This article summarizes our real-time updates of the conference in community-friendly language. It’s a brain disease This morning’s session is titled “It’s a brain disease” and will feature talks about BRAINSSSS! HD scientists are a bit…

  • Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 – Day 1

    Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 – Day 1

    24 min read

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

  • CRISPR-based drugs: one giant leap for mankind

    CRISPR-based drugs: one giant leap for mankind

    10 min read

    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?

  • Steady progress from uniQure – promising data to end the year

    Steady progress from uniQure – promising data to end the year

    7 min read

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