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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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HD Therapeutics Conference 2012 Updates: Day 3
Day 3 of our coverage of the Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference
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HD Therapeutics Conference 2012 Updates: Day 2
Day 2 of our coverage of the Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference
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HD Therapeutics Conference 2012 Updates: Day 1
Day 1 of our coverage of the Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference
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Coming soon: HD Therapeutics Conference 2012
Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference starts next week. Twitter follow @HDBuzzfeed for live updates!
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New analysis suggests 'small' CAG length doesn't matter after all
Size isn't everything: new research suggests that only a person's big CAG count, not the small one, affects HD onset
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Special 'brain fat' injection helps HD mice
Directly injecting the brains of HD mice with a good type of fat called ganglioside GM1 provides dramatic benefit
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HDYO! Huntington's Disease Youth Organization goes live
The Huntington's Disease Youth Organization website has just launched and its website is now active at www.hdyo.org
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Could mesenchymal stem cells deliver gene silencing drugs?
Stem cells can deliver HD gene silencing drugs into cells in a dish. Do we need another delivery technology?
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Double success for huntingtin RNAi gene silencing
2 bits of good news for RNAi gene silencing in HD: it's safe over six months, and a way to treat bigger brain areas
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New experiments clarify the role of SIRT1 in HD – or do they?
Work from multiple labs suggests activating a protein called SIRT1 might help HD, but the picture is still confusing
