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Lithium with a twist gets second chance for HD
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Lithium gets a second chance in HD – with a new chemical delivery method, tested in Huntington’s disease mice
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High-power brain scans reveal sodium changes in HD
⏱️ 6 min read
A new brain scanning technique reveals high sodium levels in HD brains. How might this help clinical trials?
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Mapping the neighborhood: huntingtin's new protein partners
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Study of huntingtin protein's 'neighbors' reveals dozens of new drug development targets
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Does the HD mutation affect children's growth?
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A small study suggests kids with the HD mutation but no symptoms have subtle differences in growth. What does it mean
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'Induced' stem cells make exciting advances
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Stem cells from HD patients: becoming important tools for researchers – and now correcting the HD mutation in the lab
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ASO gene silencing reaches further, lasts longer
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Silencing the Huntingtin gene using ASO drugs reaches further, lasts longer and is safe. Human trial soon?
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Phosphodiesterase inhibitors: new HD drugs entering trials soon
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CHDI and Pfizer announce exciting animal work and plans for a human trial with a drug targeting 'phosphodiesterases'.
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Interview: CHDI's scientific team
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HDBuzz interviews the top scientists from CHDI, the largest funder of Huntington's disease research in the world.
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Exercise increases cellular recycling
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Exercise boosts cellular recycling in mice. Could this be why exercise is also good for HD – or even help develop dru
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The HDBuzz Prize for young science writers
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Announcing the HDBuzz Prize for young science writers!
HDBuzz Trial Tracker
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Updates from the ongoing Phase 3 INVEST-HD trial of votoplam
Updates from the Phase 1b/2a REGEN4HD trial of neural stem cell therapy hNSC-01
Updates from the ongoing Phase 2/3 FALCON-HD trial of SKY-0515
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Your Voice Matters: Using Speech to Monitor Huntington’s Disease
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Can’t Get You Out of My Head: The Huntington’s Disease Symptom That’s More Than Just Repetition
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AMT-130 at Four Years: Hopeful Signs, Complex Controls
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September 2026: This month in Huntington’s disease research
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Studying Stutters: What 900,000 genomes teach us about growing DNA repeats
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