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

Huntington's disease is a hereditary disorder caused by a genetic mutation in the HTT gene, leading to progressive brain cell ...

Beta blockers were associated with later appearance of motor symptoms and slower symptom worsening, but an outside expert ...

A recent study published in Cell reveals that the repeated DNA sequence that leads to Huntington’s disease (HD) expands ...

Researchers have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of Huntington's disease. This genetic disorder has long been ...

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Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington's ...

A new study of nerve cells affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) reveals that the disease-causing gene slowly expands over ...

Having 35 copies of the CAG triplet in the gene that causes Huntington’s disease is not a problem. Inheriting 40 could be a ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that ...

Carol was born in Longview, Washington to Edward and Dorothy Fry. She attended college, then began working for the U.S government, first at the Veteran's Administration, then ...

Huntington's disease, a fatal hereditary brain disorder, is linked to a genetic mutation that remains harmless for decades before expanding and producing toxic proteins that kill brain cells.