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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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New collaboration seeks to speed Huntington's disease drug licensing
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Critical Path Institute launches new initiative to get HD drugs licensed as quickly as possible
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HDSA’s Q&A on the latest huntingtin-lowering update from Ionis and Roche
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Our friends at @hdsa have produced this really good Q&A document about the latest huntingtin-lowering news.
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Exciting Experiments in "Open Science" by Huntington's Researchers
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Brave scientists open their notebooks to help drive HD research at the risk of getting "scooped".
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The structure of the protein that causes Huntington's disease, revealed
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Huntingtin protein's structure is now clear thanks to cryo-electron microscopy. This is kind of a big deal
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Huntington's disease therapeutics conference 2018 – day 3
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Updates from day 3 of the Huntington’s Disease Therapeutics Conference: huntingtin protein – and lowering it
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Huntington's disease therapeutics conference 2018 – day 2
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DNA takes centre stage for day 2 of the Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference in Palm Springs
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Huntington's disease therapeutics conference 2018 – day 1
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Our daily roundup of the science presented at the 2018 HD Therapeutics Conference in Palm Springs
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An early role for the Huntington's disease gene – but don't believe all the headlines
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A surprising new paper sheds light on the role of the HD gene early in development. Should we worry?
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New interest in an old target
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Promising results in mice provide renewed optimism for mGluR5 antagonists
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Ask the expert: Q&A on the huntingtin-lowering trial program
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In a Q&A coordinated by the UK HD Association, Dr Ed Wild answers questions on the recently-announced trial
