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Basic cell health systems wear down in Huntington’s disease, analysis shows
A new computational approach for analyzing complex datasets shows that as disease progresses, neurons and astrocytes lose the ability to maintain homeostasis
Using an innovative...
New therapeutic target for Huntington’s treatment
Huntington’s disease is caused by a mutation in the Huntingtin gene (HTT), which appears in adults and features motor, cognitive and psychiatric alterations. The...
Tribute to Marina Frontali, 1941-2021
Marina Frontali has recently passed away. This news caught all of us, colleagues and friends, off guard. She would soon turn 80 years old...
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New therapeutic target for Huntington’s treatment
Huntington’s disease is caused by a mutation in the Huntingtin gene (HTT), which appears in adults and features motor, cognitive and psychiatric alterations. The...
Optogenetic stimulation improves alterations in movement and behaviour of experimental models...
Huntington’s disease is an hereditary neurodegenerative disease featured by alterations in movement, cognitive deficiency and psychiatric disorders resulting from the degeneration of neurons in...
World first study reveals altered gut bacteria in Huntington’s Disease which...
The first clinical study of the gut microbiome in Huntington’s disease (HD) has found evidence of gut dysbiosis (altered bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract) in people...
Neural vulnerability in Huntington’s disease tied to release of mitochondrial RNA
In the first study to comprehensively track how different types of brain cells respond to the mutation that causes Huntington’s disease (HD), MIT neuroscientists...
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GPR52: Exploring a new way to lower huntingtin
A Chinese research team developed a new way to lower huntingtin protein indirectly, by targeting a protein called GPR52. The molecules they designed were...
Huntington Study Group (HSG) 2020 Annual Conference: HD in Focus –...
The 2020 virtual HSG conference HD in Focus continues on Day 2 with a focus on clinical trials and drugs in development.
The second day...
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