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Coming soon: HD Therapeutics Conference 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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?
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Work from multiple labs suggests activating a protein called SIRT1 might help HD, but the picture is still confusing
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Bone marrow transplantation in Huntington's Disease
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Bone marrow transplant protects HD mice from some symptoms, suggesting the immune system may be an important target
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2011 – a year in Huntington's disease research
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Looking back at a year in Huntington's disease research – and the first year of HDBuzz
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Gene therapy meets stem cells in liver disease success
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Scientists combine gene therapy and stem cells to correct a genetic liver disease. Could this combo be retooled for H
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
Previously featured
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Mending the fabric of your genes
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Could rewiring the brain’s “brakes” improve movement in Huntington’s disease?
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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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