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Mini brains grown in a dish shed light on Huntington’s disease and how we might treat it
Exciting new findings using 3D human lab-grown mini brains inform ongoing HTT-lowering trials and suggest that stem cell transplants for HD may improve cell-to-cell communication and reduce disease features.
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Huntington's disease therapeutics conference 2018 – day 1
Our daily roundup of the science presented at the 2018 HD Therapeutics Conference in Palm Springs
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Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2017 – Day 3
HDBuzz summarises final day of the 2017 Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference in Malta
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The benefits of migration, highlighted in Huntington's disease
Is HD a developmental disease? HD stops neurons migrating in developing brain, but maybe we can get them going again
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Mapping the anatomy of HD: a whole-brain history
A new book for researchers describes a century of HD anatomy and presents evidence that HD affects the whole brain.
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Turning skin cells into brain cells: a Huntington's disease research breakthrough?
Scientists can now change human skin cells into working neurons, like the ones that are most affected in HD.
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The brain in Huntington's disease: greater than the sum of its parts?
An important new study asks the question: what parts of the brain might need most help in HD?