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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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Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2017 – Day 2
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HDBuzz summarises all the science from the 2017 Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference in Malta – day 2
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Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2017 – Day 1
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HDBuzz summarises all the science from the 2017 Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference in Malta – day 1
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Enemy at the gates – huntingtin disrupts nuclear transport
7 min read
Two recent studies show how a cellular border control system goes wrong in HD, opening new avenues for HD research.
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FDA approves a new drug for symptoms of Huntington's disease
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Deutetrabenazine becomes the first new drug in a decade licensed by the FDA for symptoms of Huntington's disease
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Weeding out the truth: can cannabis improve Huntington’s?
8 min read
What can individual experiences with cannabis tell us about Huntington's disease?
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Huntingtin grabs a hammer: DNA repair in HD
8 min read
Huntingtin helps fix damaged DNA, a recent study suggests, under the direction of a gene repair protein called ATM.
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The benefits of migration, highlighted in Huntington's disease
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Is HD a developmental disease? HD stops neurons migrating in developing brain, but maybe we can get them going again
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Treasure your exceptions – using outliers to understand Huntington's disease onset and progression
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A new study provides the framework for finding factors that affect the onset and progression of HD
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A powerful message: does a toxic RNA message molecule cause harm in Huntington's disease?
7 min read
What if some problems in HD were due to something other than a harmful protein?

