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September 2026: This month in Huntington’s disease research
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September brought progress across the HD research landscape. From brain waves and visual thinking to DNA repeats, nutrition, inclusive care, new technologies, and encouraging SKY-0515 data, we round up a busy month in Huntington’s disease research.
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The third dimension: using minibrains to understand brain development changes in HD
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Researchers show that highly expanded CAGs in the HD gene can cause early developmental changes using 3D brain models called organoids. What’d they find?
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Unpacking Wave's PRECISION-HD2 huntingtin-lowering trial announcement
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Wave Life Sciences announces that its antisense drug WVE-120102 has lowered mutant huntingtin protein in cerebrospinal fluid, but investors seem disappointed. Rather confusing – what do we know for sure?
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Could molecular handcuffs lower the protein that causes Huntington's disease?
6 min read
Researchers got surprisingly lucky when looking for drug molecules to pull mutant huntingtin protein into a cellular garbage disposal machine
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Exciting new Huntingtin lowering tool described
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Exciting new Huntingtin Lowering work from @SangamoTx and @CHDIfoundation using "Zinc Fingers" to shut down expression of the mutant Huntingtin gene. More details on this exciting new technique here.
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Details emerge of first Huntington’s disease gene therapy clinical trial
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UniQure announces key details of its planned trial to assess the safety and ability of AMT-130 gene therapy to lower the problematic huntingtin protein using a ‘single-shot’ virus delivery system.
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Fresh Updates from First Huntingtin Lowering Study Publication
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Hot off the presses – New publication gives more details about the results of Ionis and Roche's safety study with a Huntingtin-lowering ASO
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An Updated Trial Design for Roche's Huntingtin Lowering Trial
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Roche announces an update to the GENERATION HD1 trial after reviewing the ASO open label extension study
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When interrupting is good: genetic hiccups that protect against Huntington's disease
12 min read
Multiple teams find small differences in the 'CAG repeat' bit of the Huntington's disease gene. They don't directly change the huntingtin protein, but do alter the age of symptom onset. What's behind this enigma and what does it mean for patients?
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Huntington's disease therapeutics conference 2019 – Day 3
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New insights into the huntingtin protein, and further progress in turning genetic quirks that modify the course of HD into treatments, on the final day of the therapeutics conference

