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Announcing the 2025 HDBuzz Prize for Young Science Writers – sponsored by the Hereditary Disease Foundation!
Prana Biotech's PBT2 trial in Huntington's disease: what we know so far & what copper has to do with the mutant prote ...
Huntington's disease mice are fat but HD patients lose weight – is a brain area called the hypothalamus to blame?
Animal models of Huntington's disease: what they tell us about the disease and how can they help develop new therapie ...
From vision changes to genetic traffic jams and a clinical trial update, May was full of HD science excitement! Dive into our latest roundup to see how researchers are advancing Huntington’s ...
A recently published review discusses the challenges of dental care for people with HD, and the ways that informed dentists and medical teams can help to manage oral healthcare throughout the HD ...
A clinical trial for an exciting therapy against HD is planned for 2015. The first step is to make sure it is safe.
A new study claims that high-dose creatine "slows the onset of Huntington Disease". How much hope and how much hype?
In cells without the HD gene, HTT stimulates PARylation and promotes efficient DNA repair. However, in HD, the mutant HTT protein fails to stimulate PARP, leading to fewer PAR chains, impaired DNA ...
Huntington’s disease research news. In plain language. Written by scientists. For the global HD community.