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Unlocking the Mind’s Eye: How Huntington’s Disease Changes How We See and Process the World
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Protein-folding drug helps HD mice… for a while
A drug that activates an ancient cellular defense mechanism slows down HD in mice – but why didn’t the benefit last?
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A back-to-front hidden message in the HD gene?
Unzip your genes! A backwards message, hidden in the 'backup DNA' of the Huntington's disease gene… what does it me
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Stem cells and HD: past, present and future
Stem cells – who needs 'em? Scientists make brain cells from skin cells. Could this help HD?
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Coming soon from the HD World Congress: Oz Buzz!
Announcing 'Oz Buzz' – hot science news from the 2011 HD World Congress – with Ed Wild, Jeff Carroll & Charles Sabine
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Therapeutics conference videos now online
Videos of the scientific presentations from February's Huntington's disease therapeutics conference are now online
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Cut-and-paste DNA: fixing mutations with 'genome editing'
Scientists make precise changes to the DNA of a live animal. Could it work for human genetic diseases?
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Caffeine, cannabis and caution
Does caffeine accelerate Huntington's disease? Does cannabis slow it down? HDBuzz looks behind the headlines
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Making babies: having a family, the HD way
Making babies: HDBuzz's feature article – updated for 2024 – on fertility technologies that can help at-risk people to have HD-free children
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Re-routing the huntingtin protein inside cells
Canadian team decodes the tags that re-route the huntingtin protein within cells, helping explain how it becomes toxi
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Not all in your head: digestive problems in HD
Huntington's disease mice absorb less nutrition from food – which might help explain why human patients lose weight.