Huntington's disease is caused by an inherited genetic change that causes production of an altered protein. This leads to nerve damage in areas of the brain that control movement and thinking.

Experimental gene therapies like AMT‑130 lower toxic huntingtin protein and significantly slow Huntington’s disease, offering ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — For the first time, scientists have successfully treated someone suffering from Huntington’s disease, a fatal genetic illness with no cure. Assault at Mobile McDonald’s leaves man ...

A new study has found a way to slow the progression of Huntington's disease in a breakthrough moment towards accessible treatment for the incurable condition. Experts from University College London ...

Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into the brains of adult animal ...

Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that you can inherit from your parents. The symptoms of Huntington's disease typically start in a person's early 40s. Getting tested for Huntington's gene ...

Researchers have elucidated key steps in the ubiquitin tagging of the mutated huntingtin protein, providing hope for future therapies.

Context-dependent genetic modifiers of neurodegenerative condition revealed through multimodal machine learning ...

A novel gene therapy has been found to significantly slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, offering new hope to sufferers of the incurable disorder that destroys brain cells over time.