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HD2026 Milton Wexler Biennial Symposium Day 3
Latest News
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Oral drug may change the story for huntingtin lowering
Researchers with PTC Therapeutics recently published exciting new findings – a promising new huntingtin lowering drug that can be taken as a pill. Will this change how we move forward with huntingtin lowering?
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Finding the silver lining: an update on the Roche GENERATION-HD1 trial data
The first round of findings from the halted tominersen huntingtin lowering trial, GENERATION-HD1, run by Roche were shared this week with the HD community. HDBuzz explains what they found and what’s next.
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KINECT-HD trial shows valbenazine improves involuntary movements in Huntington's disease
In a much-needed bit of good news for the Huntington's disease community, Neurocrine Bioscience's KINECT-HD trial showed that treatment with valbenazine significantly reduced the involuntary movements called chorea
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Updates from the EHDN Meeting 2021
Last month, HDBuzz attended the online European Huntington's Disease Network (EHDN) meeting. Read our summary of all the latest clinical trial updates.
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Real talk: Q&A with Roche about GENERATION-HD1
The HDBuzz team sat down (virtually) for an in depth Q&A session with the team at Roche to answer questions about tominersen and the recent halting of the GENERATION-HD1 trial
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Another tool in the box: Creation of a molecular “dimmer switch” advances gene editing
A new system has been developed that allows researchers to fine-tune gene expression with oral drugs, work that provides a powerful tool for gene editing.
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Unpacking recent gene therapy press
Voyager Therapeutics is shifting towards a new technology to deliver gene therapy and away from a planned HD clinical trial. But this could lead to less invasive drugs in the long run, and many other companies are working on HD gene therapies.
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Does blood hold the key to testing treatments earlier in HD patients?
A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins describes a non-invasive way to track progression of Huntington’s disease. This could be used before patients even start showing symptoms to help test treatments in early stages of disease.
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A first for CRISPR gene editing could have wider applications for human disease
A successful early trial of a drug for Familial Transthyretic Amyloidosis showed that CRISPR gene editing could be safely used in the human body. What does this mean for gene editing in HD?
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Scientists identify precisely how pridopidine works in models of Huntington’s disease
New studies pinpoint precisely how the drug pridopidine works in models of Huntington’s disease
HDBuzz Trial Tracker
Sites for Phase 3 trial for votoplam, INVEST-HD, now open. Updates on recruitment and first dosing imminent.
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REGEN4HD, Phase 1 stem cell implantation study commences
Progress update for NCT06585449 – A Study to Evaluate ALN-HTT02
