Articles with the topic: featured

'Guard dog' proteins reveal surprising connections between Huntington's disease and other brain disorders

'Guard dog' proteins reveal surprising connections between Huntington's disease and other brain disorders

DNA/RNA-binding proteins may be involved in the damage caused by Huntington's disease and other major brain disorders

Melissa ChristiansonJanuary 10, 2013

Calming down the immune system helps Huntington's disease mice

Calming down the immune system helps Huntington's disease mice

CB2-activating drug improves survival and symptoms in Huntington's disease mice through calming down the immune syste

Professor Ed WildDecember 22, 2012

Of mice and men: using animal models to study Huntington's disease

Of mice and men: using animal models to study Huntington's disease

Animal models of Huntington's disease: what they tell us about the disease and how can they help develop new therapie

Joseph OchabaNovember 29, 2012

HDBuzz Prize winner 2012: Deep brain stimulation for HD

HDBuzz Prize winner 2012: Deep brain stimulation for HD

HDBuzz Prizewinner 2012: Deep brain stimulation to treat uncontrollable movements called chorea in Huntington's disea

Melissa ChristiansonOctober 29, 2012

Shooting the messenger with single-stranded RNA gene silencing

Shooting the messenger with single-stranded RNA gene silencing

New ‘single-stranded RNA’ gene silencing drugs could be safer & more effective to treat Huntington’s disease

Dr Nayana LahiriSeptember 24, 2012

EuroBuzz Video: Day 1

EuroBuzz Video: Day 1

Watch the full video of EuroBuzz day 1 with Jeff Carroll and Ed Wild at the Euro-HD Network Meeting in Stockholm

Professor Ed WildSeptember 19, 2012

EuroBuzz News: Day 1

EuroBuzz News: Day 1

EuroBuzz news: Day 1. Ed and Jeff reporting from the European Huntington’s Disease Network meeting in Stockholm

Dr Jeff CarrollSeptember 14, 2012

High-power brain scans reveal sodium changes in HD

High-power brain scans reveal sodium changes in HD

A new brain scanning technique reveals high sodium levels in HD brains. How might this help clinical trials?

Dr James ColeAugust 22, 2012

'Induced' stem cells make exciting advances

'Induced' stem cells make exciting advances

Stem cells from HD patients: becoming important tools for researchers - and now correcting the HD mutation in the lab

Dr Jeff CarrollJuly 06, 2012

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