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June 2025: This Month in Huntingtonās Disease Research
Latest News
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Two birds, one stone: HTT-lowering drugs also target CAG expansions
In a surprising twist, oral HTT-lowering drugs also slow somatic expansion in the HTT gene. A new study that used cells in a dish for this fortuitous discovery identified the gene PMS1 as a key player in the slowing of CAG expansions.
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Hats off to brain donors on Brain Donation Awareness Day
May 7 is Brain Donation Awareness Day. Today we highlight the selfless donation that many HD families have made, sending our gratitude, sharing research updates made with those precious brains, and detailing resources for brain donation.
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A sprinkling of good news for the treatment of HD chorea
A new form of the chorea drug valbenazine (INGREZZA) has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for those who have difficulty swallowing pills.
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A new era for HDBuzz
For over a decade HDBuzz has reported unbiased news about Huntingtonās disease research and trials. As our beloved Ed and Jeff step back, Rachel, Sarah, and Leora look forward to upholding the HDBuzz mission.
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How many is too many? Exploring the toxic CAG threshold in the Huntingtonās disease brain
New work from researchers in London uses mice to narrow in on the number of CAG repeats needed to cause symptoms of Huntingtonās disease. Their work points to fewer than 185 CAGs as a threshold.
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Cry your eyes out: detecting huntingtin in tears
Is someone cutting onions? Expanded huntingtin can now be detected in tears to help scientists track disease progression.
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The directorās cut: how CAG repeats change the editing of genetic messages
Scientists in Massachusetts have recently advanced our understanding of how repetitive sequences in DNA can disrupt the creation and editing of genetic messenger molecules in cells, and how this could lead to the production of harmful proteins.
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Understanding expansions at the single cell level
Scientists have looked at CAG expansions in brains from people with HD to see which cells are affected
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Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 – Day 3
HDBuzz is back for the last day of the CHDI HD Therapeutics Conference: Thursday February 29th in Palm Springs, California. This article summarizes our real-time updates of the conference in community-friendly language. From genes to medicines The morning session will focus on how human genetics is driving the development of therapeutics. āGenetic modifiersā are genes…
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Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2024 – Day 2
HDBuzz is back for Day 2 of the CHDI HD Therapeutics Conference: Wednesday February 28th in Palm Springs, California. This article summarizes our real-time updates of the conference in community-friendly language. Itās a brain disease This morningās session is titled āItās a brain diseaseā and will feature talks about BRAINSSSS! HD scientists are a bit…