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New insights into intermediate CAG repeats: Mapping the expansion continuum
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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.
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Huntexil update: EMA asks for further trial
European Medicines Agency (EMA) tells NeuroSearch a European license for Huntexil in HD requires another large trial
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KMO inhibitor drug improves lifespan of Huntington's disease mice
Positive results from tests of a new 'KMO inhibiting' drug in Huntington's disease mice
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Meet the enemy: neutron ray reveals HD protein structure
Scientists use beams of neutrons to study the structure of clumps of mutant huntingtin protein
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'Floating' gene-silencing drugs into the brain with exosomes
Exosomes – tiny bubbles made by cells – could be used to get gene silencing drugs from the bloodstream into the brain
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Improving Huntington's disease clinical trial recruitment through patient and family education
How can we improve recruitment into Huntington's disease clinical trials? Talking directly with families works!
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Chubby mice reveal the importance of the hypothalamus in Huntington's disease
Huntington's disease mice are fat but HD patients lose weight – is a brain area called the hypothalamus to blame?
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The genetic 'gray area' of Huntington's disease: what does it all mean?
Intermediate alleles and reduced penetrance – the genetic 'gray area' of Huntington’s disease, explained
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Dimebon fails in late-stage human HD clinical trial
Dimebon fails to improve symptoms in HD patients in the HORIZON trial
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FDA: further trial needed for Huntexil approval in HD
Bad news for Huntexil – the FDA requires another trial before it can be approved in the US