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Break Up With Your CAGs: How Three Letters Could Change Huntington’s Disease
Scientists engineered stem cells with “interrupted” CAG repeats to break up the toxic stretch. This may stop expansion, and could improve problems in cells that model Huntington’s disease. This study suggests that DNA spelling can drive the disease.
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Lighting the way: A new biomarker for Huntington’s disease
A new biomarker reveals brain changes in early Huntington's disease.
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Novel research technique suggests an antioxidant gene protects vulnerable neurons
Researchers use a new technique in an HD mouse to uncover a gene, Gpx6, that is protective to vulnerable neurons.
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Building a Better Mouse(trap): A New Model of Huntington’s Disease
New mouse model gives insights into Huntington's disease
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Taking new targets to the bank: the DNA repair protein ‘ATM’ is overactive in Huntington's disease
HD causes the normally helpful protein "ATM" to get a little overzealous. Now we can look for drugs to settle it down
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2015 Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference: Day 3
Day 3 of updates from the annual HD Therapeutics Conference in Palm Springs
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2015 Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference: Day 2
Day 2 of updates from the annual HD Therapeutics Conference in Palm Springs
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2015 Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference: Day 1
Day 1 of updates from the annual HD Therapeutics Conference in Palm Springs
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Unlocking the Potential of Antibodies as a Therapy for Huntington’s Disease
Antibodies are known for their role in immunity, but researchers repurpose them in many ways. Can they be used in HD?
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Drug Improves Huntington’s Symptoms in Mice – and Their Offspring
HD drug changes DNA folding across generations

