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September 2026: This month in Huntington’s disease research
⏱️ 5 min read
September brought progress across the HD research landscape. From brain waves and visual thinking to DNA repeats, nutrition, inclusive care, new technologies, and encouraging SKY-0515 data, we round up a busy month in Huntington’s disease research.
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Safety trials add crucial piece to gene silencing jigsaw
⏱️ 10 min read
Three trials of drugs to 'silence' the HD gene in monkeys show they hit the target safely. Human trials coming soon.
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Melatonin treatment success in HD mice
⏱️ 9 min read
Melatonin delays disease onset and extends survival in Huntington's disease mice – could it do the same for patients?
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HD World Congress 2011: a retrospective
⏱️ 8 min read
HDBuzz looks back at the highlights of the Huntington's disease world congress 2011 in Melbourne
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HDAC inhibitors and a possible 'blood biomarker'
⏱️ 9 min read
HDAC inhibitors explained, plus how new HDAC-related Huntington's disease research might help us find biomarkers
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HD just got cilia
⏱️ 5 min read
Huntington's disease just got cilia: huntingtin protein affects tiny but important hairs on cells called cilia
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Gene silencing takes a targeted step forward
⏱️ 6 min read
Targeting the mutant Huntington's disease gene for silencing, while leaving the healthy gene untouched
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Prana Biotech's new trial of PBT2 in Huntington's disease: the lowdown
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Prana Biotech's PBT2 trial in Huntington's disease: what we know so far & what copper has to do with the mutant prote
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Oz Buzz Video: Day 2
⏱️ 25 min read
The final day of Oz Buzz: the nightly news, interviews and features presentation from the HD World Congress 2011
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Oz Buzz Video: Day 1
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Day 1 of Oz Buzz: the nightly news, interviews and features presentation from the HD World Congress 2011
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Oz Buzz Updates: Day 3
⏱️ 5 min read
Day 3 of our coverage of the Huntington's disease World Congress 2011 in Melbourne
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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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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Highlighting Mental Health Disparities in Indigenous Communities Affected by Huntington’s Disease
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Encouraging news from Skyhawk, as SKY-0515 Phase 1/2 data continues to hold promise
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Food for Thought: The Importance of Nutrition in Huntington’s Disease
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