huntingtin-lowering
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Full Steam Ahead: uniQure’s On Track With Hope for Accelerated Approval of Huntington’s Disease Drug
uniQure has aligned with the US FDA on next steps to achieve accelerated approval of AMT-130. If data remain positive, they will be on track to market the first HD gene therapy.
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Roche provides an update on tominersen: What’s next for this huntingtin-lowering drug?
Roche gave an update this week about GENERATION HD2, testing the HTT-lowering drug tominersen in people with HD. The trial is continuing, but only the higher dose will move forward. What does this update mean for the HD community and this trial?
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Molecular Surgeons for Huntington’s Disease Catch a RIDE with CRISPR Advancements
A new CRISPR-based technology, called RIDE, is a leap forward for this trail-blazing technology. With the precision of a scalpel sharp enough to rewrite the very code of life, researchers have used it with the hope of treating Huntington’s disease.
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Huntington’s Disease Clinical Expert Prof. Ed Wild Shares Hopeful View For 2025
The HDBuzz team caught up with editor emeritus and Huntington's disease specialist, Prof Ed Wild to hear his thoughts on what 2025 has in store for the Huntington's disease community
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Interim update from Vico Therapeutics on their CAG-targeting drug, VO659
Vico Therapeutics have shared interim data about their drug, VO659, which targets the CAG expansion that causes several genetic diseases, including #Huntingtonsdisease and #spinocerebellarataxia
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Going boldly: First person treated in Phase 1 clinical trial by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
A new Phase 1 clinical trial for the huntingtin-lowering drug ALN-HTT02 was initiated this week with the first dose given. Read on to learn details about the trial and how it compares to other ongoing huntingtin-lowering trials in the clinic.
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Buckle in: Gene therapy AMT-130 appears to slow down signs of Huntington’s disease in Phase I/II clinical trial
More good news for the HD community from uniQure, whose one-and-done gene therapy appears safe and shows hints of slowing down signs and symptoms of the disease
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Positive news from Wave Life Sciences SELECT-HD trial
The outcomes of the SELECT-HD clinical trial are out, with encouraging news for this allele-selective huntingtin lowering therapy