The companies Genentech and Roche are working together to carry out a program of studies involving patients with Huntington’s disease (the huntingtin-lowering trial ASO program). One is a natural history…
According to a story from HD Buzz, a recent study has conducted an in-depth investigation into juvenile onset Huntington's disease. It is quite unusual for this juvenile onset form to…
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have studied the genetics of a class of neurological disorders that includes Huntington’s disease and Fragile X Syndrome. They found that there were similarities…
According to a story from cacm.acm.org, researchers have been slowly developing an AI software that can diagnose diseases simply by watching the way in which a person types on a…
A recent study using mice suggests that Huntington’s disease may begin to show symptoms early on in life. For more detailed information, you can read the source article here, at…
Scientists have discovered a link between the causes of rheumatoid arthritis and Huntington's disease through Epigenetics. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes pain and swelling in the joints. …
According to a story from sciencemag.org, Huntington's disease can often feel like a curse. That's how it felt for Michelle Dardengo as she watched the disease consume her father. At…
According to a report by Evening Times, two new drugs targeting Huntington’s disease are on the way. Developed by Wave Life Sciences, the new drugs will soon undergo clinical trials…
Is there a genetic condition in your family? Are you concerned about the potential for passing this on to your children one day? Do you know if you are a…
Treatments for neurological diseases have been developing rapidly in the modern era. Despite the development of new medicines and therapeutic techniques for many conditions, no cure has been found for…
We recently read an article in Health News and Information that connected two conditions we weren't expecting to read about together. Scientists have discovered a potential link between rheumatoid arthritis.…
According to BioPortfolio, the company UniQure has recently announced that the first hemophilia B patient has been enrolled in their Phase III study of the treatment AMT-061, which is an…
According to PRNewswire, Express Scripts announced a new program to benefit people living with rare diseases on May 31st. The program, called Second Opinion is part of the company’s larger…
Researchers at Columbia University have found a way to apply CRISPR, a tool used in gene therapies, to new types of disease, reports News Medical. The study was carried out…
In Canada, it is illegal to require a person to disclose results of genetic testing in any form of contract. The government of Quebec, however, recently issued a series of…
According to a story from the Chicago Tribune, Maine South High School, located in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois, raised over $60,000 for Huntington's disease research. The school…
According to a story from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a group of scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unearthed a new mechanism that could…
According to a story from The Telegraph, a team of Chinese and American scientists have used gene editing to create pigs with Huntington's disease. A portion of human genetic material…
Cindy Rogers never gets a day off. She barely recalls a time when she slept for more than a handful of consecutive hours. This is because Cindy serves as primary…
The disease may be daunting, but it won't stop young, determined woman Ellis Kerton. According to LincolnshireLive, Ellis learned when she was 19-years-old that she was positive for Huntington's disease.…
Just recently, MMJ International Holdings announced that MMJ Bioscience has received proper Canadian licensing to grow cannabis specifically to develop cannabinoid medicines to treat patients battling multiple sclerosis and Huntington's…
A new study by Northwestern scientists shares that patients with Huntington's disease are much less likely to develop cancer because the disease is toxic to cancer cells, recently reported by News…
According to a story from Morningstar, the pharmaceutical company Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals announced that its drug candidate EHP-102 was given Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S Food and Drug Administration…
According to a story from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, scientists from the university used a sample of skin cells from diseased patients and transformed them…
At the beginning of February. BioPontis Alliance announced a partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital. Together, the two set their sights on Huntington’s disease. Specifically, they hope to develop new treatment options.…
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