A new technique can reveal cellular changes linked to the disease that were previously visible only in brain tissue after death.
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Sadly, there is no cure for Huntington’s disease. But a couple new research papers suggests this may be about to change.
The new therapy is being hailed as a breakthrough. But the small study has some limitations – and hasn’t been peer-reviewed.
Hope grows for Huntington’s patients, but scientific validation is still pending.
Neurologic music therapy aims to help patients manage symptoms and function better in daily life.
Better awareness of the disease has led to more testing, but there is also an ancestral element to explaining its proliferation in the UK’s far north.
Genome sequencing technologies have transformed biological research in many ways, but have had a much smaller effect on the treatment of common diseases.
A new type of drug blocks the destruction of neurons in the eye, preventing blindness. The researchers hope that the same therapy can be applied to other common neurodegenerative diseases.
Symptoms for Huntington’s disease typically only start to be experienced in mid-adulthood.
Specially designed computer games might improve the lives of people with Huntington’s disease.
Antisense therapy showed promising results in a first-in-human trial for Huntington’s disease.
Most people will be much better off putting the money spent on a genetic test towards a gym membership, or a pair of trainers.
What if you could take a simple test to reveal your individual risk of developing a range of cancers and hundreds of other diseases?
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