Despite the best efforts of modern medicine, Huntington’s disease is a condition that still comes with a tragic prognosis. Primarily an inherited disease, its main symptoms concern ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — For the first time, scientists have successfully treated someone suffering from Huntington’s disease, a fatal genetic illness with no cure. The Mayo Clinic reports that the ...

Scientists have slowed the progression of Huntington’s disease for the first time with a “groundbreaking” new treatment. Experts from University College London (UCL) said the finding could “change ...

MRI of a brain with Huntington's Disease. Every week neurologist Victor Sung sees people with Huntington’s disease, a rare and devastating neurodegenerative disorder, at his clinic at the University ...

Preliminary results from a small trial offer the clearest evidence yet that the brain disease’s progression can be slowed. A one-time gene therapy can markedly slow the progression of Huntington’s ...

Even hearing the phrase “Huntington’s disease” will make a room suddenly somber. So the joy that accompanied a recent announcement of results of an experimental gene therapy for the deadly diseases ...

An experimental gene therapy has become the first treatment to successfully slow the progression of Huntington’s disease. While the findings are still preliminary, the approach could be a major ...

Scientists may have discovered the first therapy for Huntington’s disease, a brain disorder that until now has had no effective treatments. Researchers at the University of College London (UCL) ...

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Nearly 150 people gathered at Waterfront Park on Sunday for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s Team Hope Walk, uniting families, advocates and supporters. IMPORTANCE. ACCORDING TO THE ...