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Protein-folding drug helps HD mice… for a while
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A drug that activates an ancient cellular defense mechanism slows down HD in mice – but why didn’t the benefit last?
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A back-to-front hidden message in the HD gene?
⏱️ 7 min read
Unzip your genes! A backwards message, hidden in the 'backup DNA' of the Huntington's disease gene… what does it me
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Stem cells and HD: past, present and future
⏱️ 11 min read
Stem cells – who needs 'em? Scientists make brain cells from skin cells. Could this help HD?
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Coming soon from the HD World Congress: Oz Buzz!
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Announcing 'Oz Buzz' – hot science news from the 2011 HD World Congress – with Ed Wild, Jeff Carroll & Charles Sabine
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Therapeutics conference videos now online
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Videos of the scientific presentations from February's Huntington's disease therapeutics conference are now online
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Cut-and-paste DNA: fixing mutations with 'genome editing'
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Scientists make precise changes to the DNA of a live animal. Could it work for human genetic diseases?
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Caffeine, cannabis and caution
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Does caffeine accelerate Huntington's disease? Does cannabis slow it down? HDBuzz looks behind the headlines
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Making babies: having a family, the HD way
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Making babies: HDBuzz's feature article – updated for 2024 – on fertility technologies that can help at-risk people to have HD-free children
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Re-routing the huntingtin protein inside cells
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Canadian team decodes the tags that re-route the huntingtin protein within cells, helping explain how it becomes toxi
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Not all in your head: digestive problems in HD
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Huntington's disease mice absorb less nutrition from food – which might help explain why human patients lose weight.
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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