A new UCLA Health study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in ...

Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually fatal about 15 to 20 years after a patient is diagnosed. It is known ... | Genetics And Genomics ...

Symptoms of Huntington's disease appear late in life. Research reveals how DNA repeats grow toxic over time, explaining the ...

is littered with a sort of genetic stutter — repeats of a sequence of three DNA letters: “C-A-G.” A hallmark of Huntington’s disease is that the number of CAG repeats a person has ...

and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the ...

Using CRISPR technology, scientists uncovered genes that control C-A-G genetic stumbles in Huntington's disease ...

A new study of nerve cells affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) reveals that the disease-causing gene slowly expands over time but doesn't start causing harm until it hits a toxic threshold ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ For decades it's been one of the defining mysteries of Huntington's disease. Why does the terrible devastation of mind and body start earlier in some people who ...

Researchers have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of Huntington's disease. This genetic disorder has long been known to be caused by mutations in the huntingtin gene, which leads to the ...

Shares in gene therapy developer uniQure have risen more than 75% after the company reported that Huntington’s disease candidate AMT-130 slowed down the progression of the disorder over two years.

Smoking and obesity synergistically worsened disease progression and cognitive performance in multiple sclerosis (MS) in a ...

and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington’s disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the ...